Pneumocystis jirovecii in pleural infection: a nucleic acid amplification study

Pneumocystis jirovecii in pleural infection: a nucleic acid amplification study.

Pleural infection is associated with 20% mortality in the 80 000 new cases per year in the UK and USA. Streptococcus species cause w50% of community-acquired bacterial pleural infection. Staphylococcus aureus and anaerobes are isolated in 8% and 20% of cases, respectively, and 12% of pleural infections yield polymicrobial cultures. However, even using culture and nucleic acid amplification tech...

Pneumocystis jirovecii in General Population

The possible presence of Pneumocystis among healthy adults was examined by detecting Pneumocystis jirovecii-specific DNA in prospectively obtained oropharyngeal wash samples from 50 persons without underlying lung disease or immunosuppression. Pneumocystis carriage, defined by detecting Pneumocystis DNA by nested polymerase chain reaction in 2 independent analyses plus successful mitochondrial ...

Etymologia: Pneumocystis jirovecii

Spelling Pneumocystis jirovecii

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 article by Frenkel (2) on which our article was ...

Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly Pneumocystis carinii sp. f. hominis) is an unusual fungus exhibiting pulmonary tropism and a highly defined host specificity. It is generally regarded as an opportunistic microorganism causing severe and often fatal pneumonia in AIDS patients. However, with the currently rising number of patients receiving immunosuppressive therapies for malignancies, allogeneic...