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Pneumocystis pneumonia: an update.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet - 1 Sept 2004
Sritangratanakul Sureeporn, Nuchprayoon Surang, Nuchprayoon Issarang
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis pneumonia is a major cause of illness and death in immunocompromised hosts. The numbers of pneumocystis pneumonia cases in Thailand have increased each year from 1992 to 2000 and peaked in 2000 at 6,255 cases. The microbe that causes pneumocystis pneumonia in humans is called Pneumocystis jirovecii. Pneumocystis sp. was discovered nearly a century ago, but the knowledge of Pneumocystis sp. remained...
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