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Nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii infections
Parasite, 2008 Airborne transmission of Pneumocystis sp. from host to host has been demonstrated in rodent models and several observations suggest that interindividual transmission occurs in humans.
Nevez G. +6 more
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Transmission and Colonization of Pneumocystis jirovecii
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Pneumocystis spp. was discovered in 1909 and was classified as a fungus in 1988. The species that infects humans is called P. jirovecii and important characteristics of its genome have recently been discovered. Important advances have been made to understand P.
Zulma Vanessa Rueda
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Axenic Long-Term Cultivation of Pneumocystis jirovecii
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Pneumocystis jirovecii, a fungus causing severe Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in humans, has long been described as non-culturable. Only isolated short-term experiments with P.
Diana Riebold +9 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia [PDF]
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2010 Pneumocystis jirovecii has gained attention during the last decade in the context of the AIDS epidemic and the increasing use of cytotoxic and immunosuppressive therapies. This article summarizes current knowledge on biology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of pulmonary P jirovecii infection, with a particular focus ...
Catherinot, Emilie +5 more
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Pneumocystis jirovecii infection [PDF]
Thorax, 2004 A review of Pneumocystis and the rationale for renaming it The organism Pneumocystis causes severe pneumonia in individuals with immune systems impaired by HIV, transplantation, malignancy, connective tissue disease, and the treatment thereof. In HIV infected patients it remains a major pathogen in those who are unaware of their HIV serostatus, or who
R, Miller, L, Huang
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Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2023 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is an opportunistic fungal infection that was mainly associated with pneumonia in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease.
Atif Ibrahim +9 more
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CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED IRAQI PATIENTS
The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii is the causative agent of pneumocystis pneumonia, one of the most frequent and severe opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients.
Isa S. Touhali +2 more
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023 R-CHOP chemotherapy has been established as the first-line standard treatment for elderly patients diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. However, an increased risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients ...
Yan Xu +4 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 BackgroundPneumocystis jirovecii can result in a serious pulmonary infection, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, in immunocompetent hosts. The diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia has long been a major clinical concern, and there are limitations ...
Yangqing Zhan +8 more
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