Pneumocystis jirovecii

"Pneumocystis jirovecii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting humans and causing PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA. It also occasionally causes extrapulmonary disease in immunocompromised patients. Its former name was Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.

Descriptor ID

D045382

MeSH Number(s)

B01.300.107.730.700

Concept/Terms

Pneumocystis jirovecii

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Fungi [B01.300]
Ascomycota [B01.300.107]
Pneumocystis [B01.300.107.730]
Pneumocystis jirovecii [B01.300.107.730.700]

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