Initially described as “plasma cell pneumonia”, pulmonary infection with the microorganism Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly known as Pnemocystis carinii) was first identified in malnourished infants, ...

Pneumocystis pneumonia is a condition caused by a microorganism called Pneumocystis jiroveci. This has been reclassified in recent years as a fungus due to its characteristic nucleotide sequences and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Concomitant steroid-pulse treatment and baseline lymphopenia were among risk factors for pneumocystis pneumonia ...

A seven-year study of 470 patients revealed that a severe fungal lung infection once mainly seen in specific high-risk groups is increasingly affecting elderly patients and those with common cancers ...

Chemoprophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is routinely given after allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation. We evaluated the effectiveness of dapsone prophylaxis (50 mg orally twice ...

The group led by Dr. Enrique J. Calderón - "Clinical Epidemiology and Vascular Risk" at the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville - IBiS/University Hospitals Virgen ...

This is the first community-based prospective study of PcP in a developing country. We found an incidence of PcP in Malawian HIV-infected adults of 1.0/100 person-years, similar to the rates observed ...

A seven-year study of 470 patients revealed that a severe fungal lung infection once mainly seen in specific high-risk groups is increasingly affecting elderly patients and those with common cancers ...

Pneumocystis is an unwieldy genus of fungal pathogens that cause severe pneumonia, particularly in immunocompromised people ...

In the period October 1980-May 1981, 5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles, California. Two of ...