"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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| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumonia, Pneumocystis" by people in Profiles.
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Racial variations in care and outcomes for inpatient HIV-related pneumocystis pneumonia. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2010 Feb; 21(1):318-33.
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Pathology quiz case 2. Pneumocystis carinii (also known as Pneumocystis jiroveci) infection of the right temporal bone. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Jan; 136(1):101.
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HIV-related pneumonia care in older patients hospitalized in the early HAART era. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2004 Feb; 18(2):99-107.
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Relationship between health insurance and medical care for patients hospitalized with human immunodeficiency virus-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, 1995-1997: Medicaid, bronchoscopy, and survival. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 01; 37(11):1549-55.
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HIV-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in older patients hospitalized in the early HAART era. J Gen Intern Med. 2001 Sep; 16(9):583-9.
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Variations in institutional review board decisions for HIV quality of care studies: a potential source of study bias. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2001 Apr 01; 26(4):390-1.
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Improvements in outcomes of acute respiratory failure for patients with human immunodeficiency virus-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000 Aug; 162(2 Pt 1):393-8.
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A new preadmission staging system for predicting inpatient mortality from HIV-associated Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the early highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000 Apr; 161(4 Pt 1):1081-6.
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Delays in tuberculosis isolation and suspicion among persons hospitalized with HIV-related pneumonia. Chest. 2000 Jan; 117(1):110-6.
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Variations in inpatient care for HIV-related tuberculosis patients during a recent nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1999 Aug 01; 21(4):348-9.