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Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Mycoses > Pneumocystis Infections

Preferred term

Pneumocystis Infections  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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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)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016720

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