Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Pneumocystis ca·ri·nii pneumonia -kə-'rī-nē-.ē- n a pneumonia chiefly affecting immunocompromised individuals that is caused by a microorganism of the genus Pneumocystis (P. carinii) which shows up in specially stained preparations of fresh infected lung tissue as cysts containing six to eight oval bodies, that attacks esp. the interstitial and alveolar tissues of the lungs, and that is characterized esp. by a nonproductive cough, shortness of breath, and fever abbr. PCP called also pneumocystic pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis

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former name for pneumocystis p.; cf. Pneumocystis jiroveci.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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