pneumocystis carinii in a sentence
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- But several scientists said his lung tissue, which is believed to be still stored in Manchester, could be re-examined for evidence of a fungus, Pneumocystis carinii, and the cytomegalovirus.
- The biopharmaceutical company said that DB289, effective against African sleeping sickness, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and other infectious diseases, is its first oral drug targeted to be commercialized and widely applied.
- The older species name " Pneumocystis carinii " ( which now applies only to the " Pneumocystis " species that is found in rats ) is still in common usage.
- A human-associated fungus, " Pneumocystis carinii " ( also found in almost all domesticated animals ) is usually asymptomatic in the rat, unless the rat's immune system is compromised by illness.
- I want to know who told him he had asthma for two years, when he had the classic symptoms of pcp ( pneumocystis carinii pnuemonia which kills most AIDS patients ).
- :I think it possible you're thinking of " Pneumocystis jiroveci ", previously called " Pneumocystis carinii ", first thought to be a protozoan but now known to be a yeast-like fungus.
- In 1912, after studying the material, they confirmed that the parasite was indeed different from " T . cruzi " and called it " Pneumocystis carinii ", in honour of the researcher.
- Folinic acid has been shown to decrease the efficacy of sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim in the treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii ( formerly known as Pneumocystis carinii ), a common cause of pneumonia in AIDS patients.
- In the period October 1980-May 1981, five young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at three different hospitals in Los Angeles, Calif . Two of the patients died.
- Disease progression was defined as the onset of a new AIDS-related illness like thrush in the gullet, a cancer known as Kaposi's sarcoma, infection of the retina with cytomegalovirus or pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.