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Comparative Genomics Suggests Primary Homothallism of Pneumocystis Species [PDF]

mBio, 2015
Pneumocystis species are fungal parasites of mammal lungs showing host specificity. Pneumocystis jirovecii colonizes humans and causes severe pneumonia in immunosuppressed individuals.
João M. G. C. F. Almeida, Ousmane H. Cissé, Álvaro Fonseca, Marco Pagni, Philippe M. Hauser   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Dihydropteroate Synthase Gene Mutations in Pneumocystis and Sulfa Resistance [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) remains a major cause of illness and death in HIV-infected persons. Sulfa drugs, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and dapsone are mainstays of PCP treatment and prophylaxis.
Laurence Huang, Kristina Crothers, Chiara Atzori, Thomas Benfield, Robert Miller, Meja Rabodonirina, Jannik Helweg-Larsen   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Colonization Density of the Upper Respiratory Tract as a Predictor of Pneumonia—Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pneumocystis jirovecii [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND.: There is limited information on the association between colonization density of upper respiratory tract colonizers and pathogen-specific pneumonia.
Daniel E. Park, Henry C. Baggett, Stephen R. C. Howie, Qiyuan Shi, Nora L. Watson, W. Abdullah Brooks, Maria Deloria Knoll, Laura L. Hammitt, Karen L. Kotloff, Orin S. Levine, Shabir A. Madhi, David R. Murdoch, Katherine L. O’Brien, J. Anthony G. Scott, Donald M. Thea, Dilruba Ahmed, Martín Antonio, Vicky L. Baillie, Andrea N. DeLuca, Amanda J. Driscoll, Wei Fu, Caroline W. Gitahi, Emmanuel Olutunde, Melissa M. Higdon, Lokman Hossain, Ruth A. Karron, Abdoul Aziz Maiga, Susan A. Maloney, David P. Moore, Susan C. Morpeth, John Mwaba, Musaku Mwenechanya, Christine Prosperi, Mamadou Sylla, Somsak Thamthitiwat, Scott L. Zeger, Daniel R. Feikin, Katherine L. O’Brien, Orin S. Levine, Maria Deloria Knoll, Daniel R. Feikin, Andrea N. DeLuca, Amanda J. Driscoll, Nicholas Fancourt, Wei Fu, Laura L. Hammitt, Melissa M. Higdon, E. Wangeci Kagucia, Ruth A. Karron, Mengying Li, Daniel E. Park, Christine Prosperi, Zhenke Wu, Scott L. Zeger, Nora L. Watson, Jane Crawley, David R. Murdoch, W. Abdullah Brooks, Hubert P. Endtz, Khalequ Zaman, Doli Goswami, Lokman Hossain, Yasmin Jahan, Hasan Ashraf, Stephen R. C. Howie, Bernard E. Ebruke, Martín Antonio, Jessica McLellan, Eunice Machuka, Arifin Shamsul, Syed M. A. Zaman, Grant Mackenzie, J. Anthony G. Scott, Juliet O. Awori, Susan C. Morpeth, Alice Kamau, Sidi Kazungu, Micah Silaba Ominde, Karen L. Kotloff, Milagritos D. Tapia, Samba O. Sow, Mamadou Sylla, Boubou Tamboura, Uma Onwuchekwa, Nana Kourouma, Aliou Touré, Shabir A. Madhi, David P. Moore, Peter V. Adrian, Vicky L. Baillie, Locadiah Kuwanda, Azwifarwi Mudau, Michelle J. Groome, Nasreen Mahomed, Henry C. Baggett, Somsak Thamthitiwat, Susan A. Maloney, Charatdao Bunthi, Julia Rhodes, Pongpun Sawatwong   +99 more
openalex   +4 more sources

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
openaire   +2 more sources

Successful treatment of severe pneumonia in a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patient after R-CHOP chemotherapy: A case report

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, Zhaolin Li, Lamei Ouyang, Yinqing Su, Canmin Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and Evaluation of Rapid and Accurate CRISPR/Cas13-Based RNA Diagnostics for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

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, Xiaoqing Gao, Shaoqiang Li, Yeqi Si, Yuanxiang Li, Xu Han, Wenjun Sun, Zhengtu Li, Feng Ye   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid and precise diagnosis of pneumonia coinfected by Pneumocystis jirovecii and Aspergillus fumigatus assisted by next-generation sequencing in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2021
Background Pneumocystis jirovecii and Aspergillus fumigatus, are opportunistic pathogenic fungus that has a major impact on mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Yili Chen, Lu Ai, Yingqun Zhou, Yating Zhao, Jianyu Huang, Wen Tang, Yujian Liang   +6 more
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Current State of Carbohydrate Recognition and C-Type Lectin Receptors in Pneumocystis Innate Immunity

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Pneumocystis jirovecii is one of the most common fungal pathogens in immunocompromised individuals. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) causes a significant host immune response that is driven greatly by the organism’s cell wall components including β-
Theodore J. Kottom, Theodore J. Kottom, Eva M. Carmona, Eva M. Carmona, Andrew H. Limper, Andrew H. Limper   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ventilação mecânica não-invasiva em paciente com provável pneumonia por pneumocystis jirovecii: relato de caso Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in patient with pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: case report

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2008
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A pneumonia por Pneumocystis jirovecii tem sido uma das doenças mais comuns e uma complicação infecciosa fatal em pacientes com síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida.
Élida Mara Carneiro, Renata Zago Maneira, Eduardo Rocha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

SpellingPneumocystis jirovecii

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
To the Editor: Our 2002 article in Emerging Infectious Diseases about nomenclature changes for organisms in the genus Pneumocystis (1) has been widely cited and probably will remain a source for persons seeking information about this subject. Therefore, we need to correct an error in 1 of the species names presented in our article and in the 1999 ...
James R. Stringer, Charles B. Beard, Robert F. Miller   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources