"Pneumonia, Pneumocystis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011020
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.534.700 C01.703.770.700 C08.381.472.700 C08.381.677.675 C08.730.435.700 C08.730.610.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
- Pneumocystis Pneumonias
- Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Pneumocystosis
- Pneumocystoses
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia
- Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii
- PCP Infection
- Infection, PCP
- PCP Infections
- Pneumonia, Interstitial Plasma Cell
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| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumonia, Pneumocystis" by people in Profiles.
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Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry-Based Therapeutic Monitoring of Plasma Atovaquone Concentrations in Pediatric Patients. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2737:67-77.
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Risk factors associated with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in juvenile myositis in North America. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 02 01; 60(2):829-836.
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Serum (1,3)-Beta-d-Glucan has suboptimal performance for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in cancer patients and correlates poorly with respiratory burden as measured by quantitative PCR. J Infect. 2020 09; 81(3):443-451.
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Low risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and invasive aspergillosis in patients with Waldenstr?m macroglobulinaemia on ibrutinib. Br J Haematol. 2019 05; 185(4):788-790.
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Clinical, Diagnostic, and Treatment Disparities between HIV-Infected and Non-HIV-Infected Immunocompromised Patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia. Respiration. 2018; 96(1):52-65.
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Clinical Diagnosis, Viral PCR, and Antibiotic Utilization in Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Am J Ther. 2016 May-Jun; 23(3):e766-72.
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Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole-Induced Severe Lactic Acidosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Apr; 95(17):e3478.
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Association of COPD With Risk for Pulmonary Infections Requiring Hospitalization in HIV-Infected Veterans. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Nov 01; 70(3):280-8.
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Infectious complications following allogeneic stem cell transplantation by using anti-thymocyte globulin-based myeloablative conditioning regimens in children with hemoglobinopathies. Transpl Infect Dis. 2015 Apr; 17(2):201-7.
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The utility of bronchoalveolar lavage beta-D-glucan testing for the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections. J Infect. 2014 Sep; 69(3):278-83.