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[Pneumocystis jirovecii: what does this mean?].
Revue de pneumologie clinique - 1 Dec 2010
Herrag M, Elfassy Fihry M T, Alaoui Yazidi A
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis was discovered nearly a century ago. It causes fatal pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals, especially in AIDS patients. Knowledge of the different species remained rudimentary until the mid-eighties when DNA analysis revealed its extensive diversity. In fact, it is no longer considered as a zoonosis. Pneumocystis organisms derived from different hosts have very different DNA sequences,...
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