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Descriptor English:   Pneumonia, Pneumocystis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Neumonía por Pneumocystis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Pneumonia por Pneumocystis 
Synonyms English:   Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Pneumocystosis
Pneumonia, Interstitial Plasma Cell  
Tree Number:   C01.703.534.700
C01.703.770.700
C08.381.472.700
C08.381.677.675
C08.730.435.700
C08.730.610.675
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coordinate IM with species (IM) if pertinent
History Note English:   2004 (1963) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy transmission
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   11450 
Unique Identifier:   D011020 

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