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Infections > Respiratory Tract Infections > Pneumonia > Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiratory Tract Infections > Pneumonia > Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Pneumonia > Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Mycoses > Lung Diseases, Fungal > Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Infections > Respiratory Tract Infections > Lung Diseases, Fungal > Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiratory Tract Infections > Lung Diseases, Fungal > Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Respiratory Tract Diseases > Lung Diseases > Lung Diseases, Fungal > Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Mycoses > Pneumocystis Infections > Pneumonia, Pneumocystis

Preferred term

Pneumonia, Pneumocystis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

Note

  • coordinate IM with species (IM) if pertinent

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2004 (1963)

In other languages

  • Pneumocystis-keuhkokuume

    Finnish

  • Pneumocystis carini -keuhkokuume
  • Pneumocystis carini -pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis carinii -keuhkokuume
  • Pneumocystis carinii -pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis carinii-infektion
  • Pneumocystis cariniin aiheuttama keuhkokuume
  • Pneumocystis-pneumonia
  • pneumocystosis
  • pneumokystoosi
  • Pneumoni orsakad av Pneumocystis carinii
  • pneumonia a Pneumocysti carinii
  • Pneumocystis pneumoni

    Swedish

  • Lunginflammation, Pneumocystis
  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumoni
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoni

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011020

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