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Multi-site screening for Pneumocystis jirovecii in lung cancer: possible tumour tissue colonization.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2026
Szydłowicz Magdalena, Zajączkowska Żaneta, Chabowski Mariusz, Nowicki Maciej, Łukianowski Błażej, Gajdzis Pawel, Kváč Martin, Calderón Enrique J, Le Gal Solène, Kicia Marta
Abstract excerpt
Objectives: Recent studies suggest that various tumour types can be colonized by different microorganisms, but data on unusual opportunistic fungus - Pneumocystis jirovecii - remain scarce. Lung cancer patients are considered one of the risk groups for its infection. Since P. jirovecii tends to distribute focally within the lungs, this study aimed to determine whether it can be detected in lung tumour tissue....
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