"Pneumocystis carinii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat. It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Strains that infect humans and cause PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA were originally classified as Pneumocystis jirovecii or Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.
| Descriptor ID |
D045363
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.107.730.650
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumocystis carinii" by people in Profiles.
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Bilateral pleural masses in an immunocompromised patient. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Nov 04; 13(11).
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Usual Interstitial Pneumonia in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Patient. Am J Med Sci. 2016 Dec; 352(6):652-653.
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Evaluation of the current management protocols for prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia and other opportunistic infections in patients living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care. 2011 Jul; 23(7):846-50.
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Conserved natural IgM antibodies mediate innate and adaptive immunity against the opportunistic fungus Pneumocystis murina. J Exp Med. 2010 Dec 20; 207(13):2907-19.