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Descriptor English: Pneumocystis carinii
Descriptor Spanish: Pneumocystis carinii
Descriptor Pneumocystis carinii
Entry term(s) Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii
Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis
Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. ratti
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Scope note: Prototipo de especie de PNEUMOCYSTIS que infecta a las ratas de laboratorio, antes denominado Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Las cepas que infectan a los humanos, causantes de la NEUMONÍA POR PNEUMOCYSTIS, originalmente fueron clasificadas como Pneumocystis jirovecii o Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pneumocystis carinii
Descriptor French: Pneumocystis carinii
Entry term(s): Pneumocystis carini
Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii
Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis
Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. ratti
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Tree number(s): B01.300.107.730.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045363
Scope note: The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat. It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Strains that infect humans and cause PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA were originally classified as Pneumocystis jirovecii or Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with probably PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS but if not of lungs, coordinate with PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS + precoordinated organ/disease term
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Registry Number: txid4754
Previous Indexing: Pneumocystis carinii (1974-2003)
Protozoa (1968-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII 1974-2003
History Note: 2004; use PNEUMOCYSTIS 1974-2003
DeCS ID: 37991
Unique ID: D045363
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Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Pneumocystis carinii - Preferred
Concept UI M0447888
Scope note The prototype species of PNEUMOCYSTIS infecting the laboratory rat. It was formerly called Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii. Strains that infect humans and cause PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA were originally classified as Pneumocystis jirovecii or Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis.
Preferred term Pneumocystis carinii
Entry term(s) Pneumocystis carini
Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii
Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. ratti
Pneumocystis jirovecii - Narrower
Concept UI M0447925
Preferred term Pneumocystis jirovecii
Entry term(s) Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis
Pneumocystis jiroveci



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