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Definition of Pneumocystis pneumonia

1. Noun. Pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims).

Medical Definition of Pneumocystis pneumonia

1. A pneumonia caused by an infection with Pneumocystis carinii. Pneumocystis carinii grows rapidly in the lungs of patients with immunosuppression, particularly due to AIDS and is the leading AIDS-related cause of death. Pneumocystis carinii infection sometimes may occur elsewhere in the body (skin, eye, spleen, liver or heart). It is considered one of the diagnostic criteria for AIDS in an HIV positive individual. (10 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumocystis Pneumonia

Literary usage of Pneumocystis pneumonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blood Supply: FDA Oversight and Remaining Issues of Safety edited by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"... sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia were recognized in homosexual men in New York and Los Angeles. It was also in late 1982 that AIDS-like illnesses were ..."

2. Blood Supply: FDA Oversight and Remaining Issues of Safety edited by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"... sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia were recognized in homosexual men in New York and Los Angeles. It was also in late 1982 that AIDS-like illnesses were ..."

3. Screening for Infectious Diseases Among Substance Abusers: A Treatment by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... HIV-infected persons are at increased risk of developing opportunistic infections, especially pneumocystis pneumonia. More serious complications usually ..."

4. Healthy People, 2010: Conference Editionby Donna E. Shalala by Donna E. Shalala (2000)
"Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia among homosexual men—New York City and California. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 30(25):305-308, 1981. ..."

5. Women And HIV Disease: Falling Through the Cracks (1993)
"As we get better at preventing opportunistic infections with prophylaxis, such as pneumocystis pneumonia, we're going to see other infections take their ..."

6. Screening for Infectious Diseases Among Substance Abusers: A Treatment by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... HIV-infected persons are at increased risk of developing opportunistic infections, especially pneumocystis pneumonia. More serious complications usually ..."

7. Healthy People, 2010: Conference Editionby Donna E. Shalala by Donna E. Shalala (2000)
"Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia among homosexual men—New York City and California. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 30(25):305-308, 1981. ..."

8. Women And HIV Disease: Falling Through the Cracks (1993)
"As we get better at preventing opportunistic infections with prophylaxis, such as pneumocystis pneumonia, we're going to see other infections take their ..."

9. Xenotransplantation: International Policy Issues by Elettra Ronchi, N.Y) New York Academy of Sciences (Ne, New York Academy of Sciences, OECD (1999)
"Also, HIV AIDS was not new in June t982 when a cluster of deaths from pneumocystis pneumonia was reported in young men in Califomia who seemed to have ..."

10. Xenotransplantation: International Policy Issues by Elettra Ronchi, N.Y) New York Academy of Sciences (Ne, New York Academy of Sciences, OECD (1999)
"Also, HIV AIDS was not new in June t982 when a cluster of deaths from pneumocystis pneumonia was reported in young men in Califomia who seemed to have ..."

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