"Pneumonia, Pneumocystis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011020
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.534.700 C01.703.770.700 C08.381.472.700 C08.381.677.675 C08.730.435.700 C08.730.610.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
- Pneumocystis Pneumonias
- Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Pneumocystosis
- Pneumocystoses
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia
- Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii
- PCP Infection
- Infection, PCP
- PCP Infections
- Pneumonia, Interstitial Plasma Cell
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| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumonia, Pneumocystis" 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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Autopsy Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Other Potentially Treatable Infections among Adults with Advanced HIV Enrolled in Out-Patient Care in South Africa. PLoS One. 2016; 11(11):e0166158.
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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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Antibiotic and systemic therapies for pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-exposed children. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2012 Feb 13; 6(2):109-19.
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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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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.
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Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in African children with HIV-1. Lancet. 2005 Feb 26-Mar 4; 365(9461):749-50; author reply 750-1.
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Ineffectiveness of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis and the importance of bacterial and viral coinfections in African children with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Nov 01; 35(9):1120-6.