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	Pneumocystis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pneumocystis is a genus of fungi which can be pathogenic in mammals.
		Pneumocystis species can cause pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals; in humans, those with AIDS are particularly susceptible, with P.
		Also known as pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), the disease attacks the interstitial, fibrous tissue of the lungs, with marked thickening of the alveolar septa and alveoli and leading to significant hypoxia which can be fatal if not treated aggressively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pneumocystis (152 words)

	s000814a - Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) - Cavitation
		s000814a - Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) - Cavitation
		Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia presenting as cavitating and noncavitating solitary pulmonary nodules in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
		Abstract: Thick-walled pulmonary cavities are an uncommon manifestation of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
	www.emory.edu /WHSCL/grady/amreport/litsrch00/s000814a.html (2160 words)

	Medmicro Chapter 85
		Pneumocystis carinii causes bilateral diffuse pneumonitis in immunocompromised patients and no discernible disease in otherwise healthy individuals.
		In debilitated infants with Pneumocystis pneumonia, the alveolar septum is thickened and there is an interstitial plasma cell and lymphocyte infiltration.
		Pneumocystis carinii has been found in the lungs of rats, rabbits, mice, dogs, sheep, goats, ferrets, chimpanzees, guinea pigs, horses, and monkeys.
	gsbs.utmb.edu /microbook/ch085.htm (1216 words)

	s000908c - Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia - Cavitary Lesions
		Clinical predictors of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia and tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients.
		Cavitation as an unusual roentgenographic manifestation of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [published erratum appears in N Y State J Med 1989 Feb;89(2):96].
		The infection is caused by Pneumocystis carinii--an organism whose identity as a fungus or parasite is still debated.
	www.emory.edu /WHSCL/grady/amreport/litsrch00/s000908c.html (2727 words)

	Pneumocystis spp.
		Pneumocystis DNA was detected in air and water [389, 2318].
		Pneumocystis is one of the major causes of opportunistic mycoses in immunocompromised patients, including those with congenital immunodeficiencies, AIDS, and cases receiving prolonged corticosteroid therapy for any underlying pathology or intensive immunosuppressive therapy for treatment of cancer or prevention of transplant rejection [439, 491, 503, 517, 634, 1200, 1548, 1932, 2041, 2054].
		Although the incidence of Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with AIDS has been in decline [1551, 2015] particularly after the introduction of HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) in 1996, it is still among the most significant AIDS-related diseases.
	www.doctorfungus.org /thefungi/pneumocystis.htm (2282 words)

	Dr. Koop - Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
		Pneumocystis carinii is a common microorganism that exists in rats, guinea pigs, monkeys, dogs, sheep, humans, and other animals.
		In rare cases, Pneumocystis carinii has been reported in parts of the body other than the lungs - this is called extrapulmonary pneumocystosis.
		Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia usually begins with mild but gradually worsening symptoms.
	www.drkoop.com /encyclopedia/93/558.html (711 words)

	Pneumocystis definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Pneumocystis: Pneumocystis jiroveci (previously classified as Pneumocystis carinii), the fungus that causes pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP).
		Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) occurs in immunosuppressed individuals and in premature, malnourished infants.
		The diagnosis is confirmed by the identification of Pneumocystis jiroveci in induced sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) material (washings of the respiratory tree).
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=33174 (245 words)

	Pneumocystis Pneumonia \| myhealth@wellmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Pneumocystis pneumonia is a lung infection that occurs primarily in people with weakened immune systems--especially people who are HIV-positive.
		Pneumocystis carinii was originally thought to be a one-celled organism (a protozoan), but more recent research suggests that it is a fungus.
		In pneumocystis pneumonia, this inflammation is caused by the growth of Pneumocystis carinii, a fungus-like organism that is widespread in the environment.
	www.myhealthwellmark.com /topic/pneumocystis (1248 words)

	Pneumocystis jiroveci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This parasitic organism was earlier classified as a protozoan, and still is sometimes called by its former name Pneumocystis carinii.
		It causes the disease pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), which afflicts people with weakened immune systems, such as children, the elderly, and especially AIDS patients, in whom it is most commonly observed today.
		Pneumocystis infection is diagnosed by immunofluorescent or histochemical staining of the specimen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pneumocystis_jiroveci (345 words)

	Pneumocystis Pneumonia
		Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is an infection caused by Pneumocystis carinii, a microscopic fungus that lives in the lungs of many people.
		In children who are already seriously ill, symptoms of this form of pneumocystis pneumonia begin suddenly with a fever, a cough, and difficulty breathing.
		Pneumocystis pneumonia is the most common pediatric illness associated with AIDS, especially in infants younger than 6 months, and its prevention is very important in AIDS care.
	kidshealth.org /parent/infections/fungal/pneumocystis.html (544 words)

	Pneumocystis jirovecii in general population Emerging Infectious Diseases - Find Articles
		Pneumocystis carriage, defined by detecting Pneumocystis DNA by nested polymerase chain reaction in 2 independent analyses plus successful mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA typing by direct sequencing, was found in 20% of cases.
		Pneumocystis organisms represent a large group of species of atypical fungi with universal distribution and pulmonary tropism, and each species has a strong specificity for a given mammalian host species (3,4).
		Also, Pneumocystis DNA was detected in the upper respiratory tract of healthy participants after close contact with patients with PCP (14-16) and in air samples from the rooms of PCP patients (17,18).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GVK/is_2_11/ai_n11833884 (843 words)

	Chemicon - Product #3195 - LIGHT DIAGNOSTICS™ Pneumocystis carinii DFA Kit, ~50 tests (Replaces 3190)
		The Light Diagnostics Pneumocystis carinii DFA kit is an in vitro procedure for the detection of Pneumocystis carinii cysts and trophozoites in direct smears of respiratory tract specimens including sputum, bronchoaveolar lavage, and lung biopsy.
		The Light Diagnostics Pneumocystis carinii DFA kit is a direct fluorescent antibody test for the detection of Pneumocystis carinii in direct smears of respiratory tract specimens including induced sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and lung biopsy specimens.
		Pneumocystis carinii causes interstitial plasma cell pneumonia and occurs in malnourished, debilitated, premature infants and children with primary immunodeficiency diseases.
	www.chemicon.com /browse/productdetail.asp?ProductID=3195 (1146 words)

	ENLmedical.com: Conditions And Concerns: Medical Encyclopedia: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
		Pneumocystis carinii is found in the lungs of humans and wild and domesticated animals.
		In the older child and adult pneumocystis pneumonia may begin suddenly with fever, rapid breathing (tachypnea) and a feeling of being short of breath.
		Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia can be life threatening and death may occur due to respiratory failure.
	www.enlmedical.com /article/000671.htm (439 words)

	Protozoal Infections: Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
		Pneumocystis carinii has generally been classified as a protozoan parasite; some studies indicate it may be a fungus, with which it shares certain genetic sequences.
		Oral therapy for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
		Adjunctive folinic acid with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS patients is associated with an increased risk of theraputic failure and death.
	www.hivpositive.com /f-Oi/OppInfections/4-Protozoal/4-Pro-Pneumo.html (3433 words)

	AIDS and Opportunistic Protista
		Pneumocystis was described almost simultaneously by Chagas in 1909 and Carini in 1910.
		Historically Pneumocystis has been of an uncertain taxonomic status as to whether it is a protozoan or fungus.
		Pneumocystis is an extracellular pathogen that produces an interstitial plasma cell pneumonia (inflamation of the lungs).
	www.tulane.edu /~wiser/protozoology/notes/aids.html (2941 words)

	The Body: Update: Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
		Although the first-line therapy for pneumocystis, TMP-SMX, will also treat many bacterial pathogens, the dosage and duration of therapy used to treat PCP are higher and longer than those necessary to treat bacterial pneumonia.
		Pneumocystis is infrequent in patients receiving TMP-SMX, and when such patients present with respiratory symptoms the clinician should make every effort to find an alternative diagnosis for those symptoms before embarking on a course of empiric treatment.
		Consequently, in a patient whose symptoms suggest pneumocystis but whose induced sputum examination for PCP is negative, bronchoscopy is necessary -- to either rule out the diagnosis of PCP, so that potentially toxic empiric therapy can be discontinued, or to rule in the diagnosis of PCP, so that empiric therapy may be appropriately continued.
	www.thebody.com /hivnews/newsline/oct96/pneumo.html (2904 words)

	NEJM -- Pneumocystis Pneumonia
		Pneumocystis pneumonia was documented in 32 percent of all pulmonary
		Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients in the developing world who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
		Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a term newborn infant with a transiently depressed T lymphocyte count, primarily of cells carrying the CD4 antigen.
	content.nejm.org /cgi/content/full/351/12/1262 (574 words)

	Pneumocystis pneumonia definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Pneumocystis pneumonia: A fungal infection of the lungs that is particularly common and life-threatening in premature or malnourished infants and in immunosuppressed persons.
		Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is the most common opportunistic infection in people infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).
		The diagnosis of PCP requires microscopical identification of pneumocystis from a source such as sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, or lung tissue, because pneumocystis cannot be cultured in the laboratory.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4959 (183 words)

	eMedicine - Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia : Article by Tanya S Schreibman, MD
		Bigby TD, Margolskee D, Curtis JL: The usefulness of induced sputum in the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
		Pitchenik AE, Ganjei P, Torres A: Sputum examination for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
		Wharton JM, Coleman DL, Wofsy CB: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or pentamidine for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic1850.htm (4966 words)

	Inability of Pneumocystis organisms to incorporate bromodeoxyuridine suggests the absence of a salvage pathway for ...
		Inability of Pneumocystis organisms to incorporate bromodeoxyuridine suggests the absence of a salvage pathway for thymidine -- Vestereng and Kovacs 150 (5): 1179 -- Microbiology
		Thick arrows indicate clusters of Pneumocystis organisms in alveoli of the lung tissue.
		Kovacs, J. A., Allegra, C. and Masur, H. Characterization of dihydrofolate reductase of Pneumocystis carinii and Toxoplasma gondii.
	mic.sgmjournals.org /cgi/content/full/150/5/1179 (2209 words)

	Genetic Variation at the Mitochondrial Large-Subunit rRNA Locus of Pneumocystis Isolates from Simian Immunodeficiency ...
		Pneumocystis carinii is a fungal organism that is a frequent
		Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in simian immunodeficiency virus infection: immunohistological and scanning and transmission electron microscopical studies.
		Ultrastructural and molecular characterization of Pneumocystis carinii isolated from a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
	cdli.asm.org /cgi/content/full/10/6/1037 (3439 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
		This is an infection of the lungs caused by the fungus Pneumocystis carinii, now renamed Pneumocystis jiroveci.
		PCP is a pneumonia caused by the fungal organism Pneumocystis carinii, which is widespread in the environment, and is not a pathogen (does not cause illness) in healthy individuals.
		Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia can be life-threatening, and death may occur due to respiratory failure -- hence early and effective treatment is necessary.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000671.htm (649 words)

	Division of Parasitic Diseases - Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
		Division of Parasitic Diseases - Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
		A Cluster of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia among Homosexual Male Residents of Los Angeles and range Counties, California (June 18, 1982 / 31(23);305-7)
		Pneumocystis Pneumonia -- Los Angeles (August 30, 1996 / 45(34);729-733)
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/dpd/parasites/pneumocystis/default.htm (492 words)

	eMedicine - Pneumonia, Pneumocystis Carinii : Article by Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCP, FRCR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Background: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is caused by the ubiquitous unicellular eukaryote, P carinii.
		It is a rare cause of infection in the general population, but it is a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in persons who are immunocompromised, especially patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
		Bilateral spontaneous pneumothoraces resulting from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a man with HIV infection that was previously undiagnosed.
	www.emedicine.com /radio/topic534.htm (3618 words)

	MedlinePlus: Pneumocystis Infections
		Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) (New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center)
		Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) and HIV (American Academy of Family Physicians)
		The primary NIH organization for research on Pneumocystis Infections is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/pneumocystisinfections.html (112 words)

	Pneumocystis carinii infection - Image Library Page 5
		Pneumocystis stages were reproduced from a drawing by Dr. John J. Ruffolo, South Dakota State University, USA published in Cushion M. Pneumocystis carinii.
		Cushion MT, Ruffolo JJ, Walzer PD. Analysis of the developmental stages of Pneumocystis carinii in vitro.
		These fungi are found in the lungs of mammals where they reside without causing overt infection until the host's immune system becomes debilitated.
	www.dpd.cdc.gov /dpdx/HTML/ImageLibrary/M-R/Pneumocystis/body_Pneumocystis_il5.htm (232 words)

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