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A pulmonary disease in humans occurring in immunodeficient or malnourished patients or infants, characterized by DYSPNEA, tachypnea, and HYPOXEMIA. Pneumocystis pneumonia is a frequently seen opportunistic infection in AIDS. It is caused by the fungus PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII. The disease is also found in other MAMMALS where it is caused by related species of Pneumocystis.
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- P carinii Pneumonia
- P. carinii Pneumonia
- P. jirovecii Pneumonia
- PCP Infection
- PCP Pneumonia
- Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
- Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
- Pneumocystosis
- Pneumonia, Interstitial Plasma Cell
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii
- Infection, PCP
- P carinii Pneumonias
- P. carinii Pneumonias
- P. jirovecii Pneumonias
- PCP Infections
- PCP Pneumonias
- Pneumocystis Pneumonias
- Pneumocystoses
- Pneumonia, P carinii
- Pneumonia, P. carinii
- Pneumonia, P. jirovecii
- Pneumonia, PCP
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Pneumonias, PCP
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with species (IM) if pertinent
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2004 (1963)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pneumocystis Pneumonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011020. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011020
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumocystosis
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205993