"Pneumocystis carinii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat. It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Strains that infect humans and cause PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA were originally classified as Pneumocystis jirovecii or Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.
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D045363
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.107.730.650
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumocystis carinii" by people in Profiles.
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Nunnari G, Celesia BM, Bellissimo F, Tosto S, La Rocca M, Giarratana F, Benanti F, Caltabiano E, Russo R, Cacopardo B. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-associated severe hypoglycaemia: a sulfonylurea-like effect. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2010 Dec; 14(12):1015-8.
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Kamel S, O'Connor S, Lee N, Filshie R, Nandurkar H, Tam CS. High incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients receiving biweekly rituximab and cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine, and prednisone. Leuk Lymphoma. 2010 May; 51(5):797-801.
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Madden RM, Pui CH, Hughes WT, Flynn PM, Leung W. Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with atovaquone in children with leukemia. Cancer. 2007 Apr 15; 109(8):1654-8.