Definition of Pneumocystosis

1. Noun. A fungal infection with ''Pneumocystis jirovecii'' that primarily occurs as a pulmonary infection in AIDS patients. ¹

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Medical Definition of Pneumocystosis

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 Pneumocystosis

pneumococcosis
pneumococcosuria
pneumococcus
pneumocolon
pneumoconioses
pneumoconiosis
pneumoconiosis of coal workers
pneumocranium
pneumocystis
pneumocystis carinii infections
pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
pneumocystis pneumonia
pneumocystography
pneumocystoses
pneumocystosis (current term)
pneumocyte
pneumocytes
pneumocytosis
pneumoderma
pneumodynamics
pneumoempyema
pneumoencephalogram
pneumoencephalography
pneumogastric
pneumogastric nerve
pneumogastrography
pneumogenic osteoarthropathy
pneumogram
pneumograph

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