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Eukaryota > Fungi > Ascomycota > Pneumocystis > Pneumocystis carinii

Preferred term

Pneumocystis carinii  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Pneumocystis carini
  • Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii
  • Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. ratti

Note

  • infection: coordinate with probably PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS but if not of lungs, coordinate with PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS + precoordinated organ/disease term

Scope note

  • The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat. It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Strains that infect humans and cause PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA were originally classified as Pneumocystis jirovecii or Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.

History note

  • 2004; use PNEUMOCYSTIS 1974-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D045363

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