"Pneumocystis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of ascomycetous FUNGI, family Pneumocystidaceae, order Pneumocystidales. It includes various host-specific species causing PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA in humans and other MAMMALS.
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D011010
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.107.730
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pneumocystis" by people in Profiles.
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Pneumocystis carinii antigen detection in rat serum and lung lavage. J Clin Microbiol. 1988 Sep; 26(9):1763-71.
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An isolation method of DNA from Pneumocystis carinii: a quantitative comparison to known parasitic protozoan DNA. Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1988; 89(1):75-7.