A New Name (Pneumocystis jiroveci) for Pneumocystis from Humans (Response to Hughes)

Pneumocystis jiroveci

Pneumocystis jiroveci, formerly known as Pneumocystis carinii, is now believed to be a fungus. P. jiroveci pneumonia is a fungal infection, the primary symptoms of which include progressive dyspnea, nonproductive cough, and low-grade fever. These patients are often profoundly hypoxemic, and chest radiographs typically show bilateral, diffuse interstitial infiltrates. While P. jiroveci pneumonia...

A New Name for Pneumocystis from Humans and New Perspectives on the Host-Pathogen Relationship

The disease known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a major cause of illness and death in persons with impaired immune systems. While the genus Pneumocystis has been known to science for nearly a century, understanding of its members remained rudimentary until DNA analysis showed its extensive diversity. Pneumocystis organisms from different host species have very different DNA sequenc...

Pneumocystis carinii versus Pneumocystis jiroveci: Another Misnomer (Response to Stringer et al.)

276 Emerging Infectious Diseases • Vol. 9, No. 2, February 2003 the prevalence of HIV positivity among our patients is unknown, a preliminary study from Yangon shows that the prevalence of drug-resistant TB among HIV-seropositive and seronegative patients is the same (pers. comm., Myanmar national TB programs]. To our knowledge, this report is the first to describe drugresistant patterns in M. ...

Pneumocystis jiroveci: Epidemiology and diagnosis

Pregnancy and Asymptomatic Carriage of Pneumocystis jiroveci

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