"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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumonia, Pneumocystis" by people in Profiles.
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Low prevalence of Pneumocystis pneumonia in hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: review of a clinical data warehouse. Lupus. 2017 Dec; 26(14):1473-1482.
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Clinical applications of pulmonary delivery of antibiotics. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2015 May; 85:1-6.
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients receiving tumor-necrosis-factor-inhibitor therapy: implications for chemoprophylaxis. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2014 Oct; 16(10):445.
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Congenital HIV infection in South Carolina: the implications of a missed diagnosis. J S C Med Assoc. 2012 Feb; 108(1):9-11.
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Acute onset of dyspnea in an HIV patient. Am J Med. 2010 Nov; 123(11):999-1000.
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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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Granulomatous Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a non-AIDS patient: an atypical presentation. J Thorac Imaging. 2004 Jul; 19(3):196-9.
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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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US hospital care for patients with HIV infection and pneumonia: the role of public, private, and Veterans Affairs hospitals in the early highly active antiretroviral therapy era. Chest. 2004 Feb; 125(2):548-56.
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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.