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pneumocystis pneumonia
(redirected from Pneumocystis jiroveci)

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Noun1.pneumocystis pneumonia - pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
interstitial plasma cell pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, pneumocytosis
pneumonia - respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
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In 1976, he first named the human pathogen Pneumocystis jiroveci (3), at which time it was classified as a protozoan and therefore named according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Spelling Pneumocystis jirovecii by Stringer, James R.; Beard, Charles B.; Miller, Robert F. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Endogenous lipoid pneumonia by Kanne, Jeffrey P.; Thoongsuwan, Nisa; Stern, Eric J. / Applied Radiology
 
 
 
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