Fungus
pneumocystis carinii
Subclass of:
Genus Pneumocystis
Definitions related to pneumocystis carinii:
  • A species of yeast-like fungi in the family Pneumocystidaceae. P. carinii typically infects the lungs of rats.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Pneumocystis carinii.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Opportunistic pathogen which can cause a fatal pneumonitis in an immunocompromised host; occurs in 75% of AIDS patients.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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