Current insights into the biology and pathogenesis of Pneumocystis pneumonia

Key Points Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) remains the most prevalent opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS and is a significant cause of severe pneumonia in immunocompromised patients with cancer, organ transplant recipients or those receiving immunosuppressant medications. Pneumocystis is an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature reviews. Microbiology 2007-04, Vol.5 (4), p.298-308
Hauptverfasser:	Thomas, Charles F, Limper, Andrew H
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Antifungal Agents - pharmacology Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Antigens, Fungal - analysis Antigens, Surface - analysis Biology Biomedical and Life Sciences Cell Cycle Cysts Cytokines - metabolism Dosage and administration Drug Resistance, Fungal Drug therapy Fungi Gas exchange Genetic aspects Genome, Fungal Genomes Health aspects Humans Immune system Immunosuppressive agents Infections Infectious Diseases Laboratory animals Life Sciences Lung - microbiology Lung - pathology Medical Microbiology Microbiology Organisms Parasitology Pathogens Pneumocystis Pneumocystis - cytology Pneumocystis - drug effects Pneumocystis - pathogenicity Pneumocystis - physiology Pneumocystis carinii Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia Pneumonia Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - drug therapy Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - immunology Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - microbiology Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - pathology Pulmonary Alveoli - microbiology review-article Risk factors Signal Transduction Taxonomy Virology
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