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A pulmonary disease in humans occurring in immunodeficient or malnourished patients or infants, characterized by DYSPNEA, tachypnea, and HYPOXEMIA. Pneumocystis pneumonia is a frequently seen opportunistic infection in AIDS. It is caused by the fungus PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII. The disease is also found in other MAMMALS where it is caused by related species of Pneumocystis.
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Pneumocystosis
Pneumonia, Interstitial Plasma Cell
Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii
Pneumocystis Pneumonias
Pneumocystoses
Pneumonias, Pneumocystis
Pneumonias, Pneumocystis carinii
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C01.703.534.700
C01.703.770.700
C08.381.472.700
C08.381.677.675
C08.730.435.700
C08.730.610.675
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