"Pneumocystis carinii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat. It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Strains that infect humans and cause PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA were originally classified as Pneumocystis jirovecii or Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.
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D045363
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.107.730.650
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| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumocystis carinii" by people in Profiles.
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in people living with HIV: a review. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2024 03 14; 37(1):e0010122.
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Colonization Density of the Upper Respiratory Tract as a Predictor of Pneumonia-Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pneumocystis jirovecii. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 15; 64(suppl_3):S328-S336.
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Test performance of beta-glucan for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia put in a clinical context. AIDS. 2013 Jun 19; 27(10):1679.
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Systematic review on the etiology and antibiotic treatment of pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Oct; 30(10):e192-202.
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High prevalence of dihydropteroate synthase mutations in Pneumocystis jirovecii isolated from patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia in South Africa. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jun; 48(6):2016-21.
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WHO guidelines for treatment of severe pneumonia. Lancet. 2007 Aug 04; 370(9585):386-7.
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in African miners at autopsy. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2006 Jul; 10(7):756-60.
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Prevalence of DHPS polymorphisms associated with sulfa resistance in South African Pneumocystis jirovecii strains. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2006; 53 Suppl 1:S110-1.