Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Alternate Names : Pneumocystosis, PCP, Pneumocystis carinii
Definition ...

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) is an infection caused by Pneumocystis jiroveci, a microscopic fungus that lives in the lungs of many people.

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) is a lung infection caused by a fungus that, in the past, was mistaken for a protozoan parasite. The P.

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
P. jiroveci is a common cause of pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients, especially in those infected with HIV and in those receiving systemic corticosteroids. Symptoms include fever, dyspnea, and dry cough.

DB289 Versus TMP-SMX for the Treatment of Acute Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia (PCP) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pafuramidine maleate (DB289),Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) ...

Pneumonia (particularly Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia)
Invasive fungal infections (resulting in brain and/or lung infections)
Toxoplasmosis infection
Tuberculosis
Viral brain infection
Kaposi's sarcoma
Lymphoma
Cervical cancer ...

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (formerly called Pneumocystis carinii or PCP) is the most common opportunistic infection among HIV patients.

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is sometimes seen in people whose immune system is impaired (due to AIDS or certain medications that suppress the immune system).

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, "PCP pneumonia," now called Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Candida esophagitis -- painful yeast infection of the esophagus ...

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (also called Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia)
Salmonella infection in the bloodstream
Toxoplasmosis
Tuberculosis (in the lungs or spread throughout the body) ...

Increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections
Increased susceptibility to Cryptococcus infection
Increased susceptibility to atypical mycobacterial infection
Increased susceptibility to Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia ...

antiretroviral treatment, patients whose immune system responds may develop an inflammatory response to indolent or residual opportunistic infections (such as Mycobacterium avium infection, cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP), ...

See also: Cystis, Pneumonia, Immune System, Symptom, AIDS