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Pneumocystis jirovecii

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Definition: A species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting humans and causing PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA. It also occasionally causes extrapulmonary disease in immunocompromised patients. Its former name was Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.  formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. Hominis; Pneumocystis carinii in humans goes here; infection: coordinate IM with probably PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS (IM) but if not of lungs, coordinate with PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS (IM) + precoordinated organ/di    Other names jirovecus, Pneumocystis; jirovecius, Pneumocystis; jirovecii, Pneumocystis; jiroveci, Pneumocystis; Pneumocystis jirovecus; Pneumocystis jirovecius; Pneumocystis jiroveci
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
pafuramidine  0   *Benzamidines Antifungal Agents Pneumonia, Pneumocystis Pneumocystis jirovecii. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2002;16(11):1078-85

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