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Preferred term

Pneumonia, Pneumocystis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • P carinii Pneumonia
  • P. carinii Pneumonia
  • PCP Infection
  • PCP Pneumonia
  • P. jirovecii Pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis Pneumonia
  • Pneumocystosis
  • Pneumonia, Interstitial Plasma Cell
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii

In other languages

  • French

  • Pneumocystose
  • Pneumonie à Pneumocystis carinii
  • Pneumonie interstitielle à Pneumocystis carinii
  • Pneumopathie à Pneumocystis

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V8B9R73L-B

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