pneumocystosis

Genetic variation among Pneumocystis carinii hominis isolates in recurrent pneumocystosis.

Extrapulmonary pneumocystosis.

Carini showed that rabies of herbivores could be transmitted by bats, and discovered a parasite (Pneumocystis carinii), which causes pneumocystosis.

The report concluded: All the above observations suggest the possibility of a cellular-immune dysfunction related to a common exposure that predisposes individuals to opportunistic infections such as pneumocystosis and candidiasis.

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) or pneumocystosis is a form of pneumonia, caused by the yeast-like fungus (which had previously been erroneously classified as a protozoan) Pneumocystis jirovecii.

Although the role of CMV infection in the pathogenesis of pneumocystosis remains unknown, the possibility of P. carinii infection must be carefully considered in a differential diagnosis for previously healthy homosexual males with dyspnea and pneumonia.