Concept information
Preferred term
Pneumocystis Infections
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Pneumocystis carinii Infections
Note
- coordinate with precoordinated organ/disease term but consider more commonly PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS
Scope note
- Infections with species in the genus PNEUMOCYSTIS, a fungus causing interstitial plasma cell pneumonia (PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS) and other infections in humans and other MAMMALS. Immunocompromised patients, especially those with AIDS, are particularly susceptible to these infections. Extrapulmonary sites are rare but seen occasionally.
History note
- 2004 (1992)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Pneumocystis carinii -infektio
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Pneumocystis carinii -infektiot
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Pneumocystis-infektio
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Swedish
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Pneumocystis carinii-infektioner
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016720
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