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The patient complaint is a characteristic of the diagnosis, because it is the symptoms of her condition. In order to diagnose a patient, both the symptoms and signs of the patient must be examined.
Additional testing is recommended to explore the source of the infection because the doctors will be able to find out what is causing the infection. This will help with the prevention of further infections. Also, doctors will know what they are dealing with so they will be able to properly treat it.
The source of the infection causing the diagnosis is Pneumocystis jiroveci.

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