"Pneumocystis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of ascomycetous FUNGI, family Pneumocystidaceae, order Pneumocystidales. It includes various host-specific species causing PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA in humans and other MAMMALS.
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D011010
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.107.730
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumocystis" by people in Profiles.
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Toll-deficient Drosophila are resistant to infection by Pneumocystis spp.: additional evidence of specificity to mammalian hosts. Virulence. 2010 Nov-Dec; 1(6):523-5.
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In vitro effector activity of Pneumocystis murina-specific T-cytotoxic-1 CD8+ T cells: role of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Infect Immun. 2005 Nov; 73(11):7450-7.
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Pneumocystis carinii cell wall beta-glucan induces release of macrophage inflammatory protein-2 from alveolar epithelial cells via a lactosylceramide-mediated mechanism. J Biol Chem. 2003 Jan 17; 278(3):2043-50.
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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a previously healthy infant. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2002 Oct; 13(4):238, 300-2.
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Detection of Pneumocystis carinii in tracheal aspirates of intubated patients using calcofluor-white (Fungi-Fluor) and immunofluorescence antibody (Genetic Systems) stains. Crit Care Med. 1997 Jun; 25(6):948-52.
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A rapid and inexpensive method for processing induced sputum for detection of Pneumocystis carinii. Am J Clin Pathol. 1996 Jan; 105(1):52-7.
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High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone therapy for patients with Diamond-Blackfan anemia refractory to conventional doses of prednisone. J Pediatr. 1995 Oct; 127(4):654-9.
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Modification of the fungi-fluor and the genetic systems fluorescent antibody methods for detection of Pneumocystis carinii in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1995 Feb; 119(2):142-7.
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Pneumocandin D0, a new antifungal agent and potent inhibitor of Pneumocystis carinii. J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1994 Jul; 47(7):755-64.
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Serologic methods for the early diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii infection in renal allograft recipients. Transplantation. 1986 Apr; 41(4):436-42.