"Pneumocystis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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Weaver T, Hall CL, Kachel DL, Ward RP, Williams MD, Perry DG, Wisniowski P, Martin WJ. Assessment of in vivo attachment/phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages. J Immunol Methods. 1996 Jun 21; 193(2):149-56.
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Sundberg JP, Burnstein T, Shultz LD, Bedigian H. Identification of Pneumocystis carinii in immunodeficient mice. Lab Anim Sci. 1989 May; 39(3):213-8.
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Shultz LD, Schweitzer PA, Hall EJ, Sundberg JP, Taylor S, Walzer PD. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in scid/scid mice. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 1989; 152:243-9.