Glossary

PCP – pneumocystis jiroveci (new) or pneumocystis carinii (old). A fungal infection that causes pneumonia.

PCP section of the training manual.

sarcoma – medical term for cancer that affects bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, skin or other connective tissue.

Cancer: lymphoma and sarcoma.

thrombocytopenia – a low platelet count (platelets help stop bleeding by clotting blood).

lipoatrophy – fat loss in your arms, legs or face. Lipoatrophy is a type of lipodystrophy.

A fungal (yeast) infection that affects the mouth and throat, gullet, sinuses, genital organs and – rarely – the brain. Also called ‘candida’.