Pneumocystis
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A genus of ascomycetous FUNGI, family Pneumocystidaceae, order Pneumocystidales. It includes various host-specific species causing PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA in humans and other MAMMALS. |
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specifics PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI and PNEUMOCYSTIS are available; infection = PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS but consider also PNEUMONIA, PNEUMONCYSTIS |
Pneumocystis Categories.
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Pneumocystis carinii - The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus (RATS). It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Other species of Pneumocystis can also infect rats. |
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Pneumocystis jiroveci - A species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting humans and causing PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA. It also occasionally causes extrapulmonary disease in immunocompromised patients. Its former name was Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis. |
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