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aspergillosis +  
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contagious pleuropneumonia 
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enzootic pneumonia of calves 
eosinophilic pneumonia +  
fusariosis 
geotrichosis 
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Pneumonia 
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mucormycosis 
opportunistic systemic mycosis +  
pneumocystosis 
An opportunistic mycosis that is located_in lungs, but can also occur in eyes, ears, skin, thyroid, pituitary, palate, parathyroid, esophagus, pleura, heart, liver, spleen, small intestine, adrenals, kidneys, bone marrow, and lymph nodes, has_material_basis_in Pneumocystis jirovecii that effects interstitial and alveolar tissues and has_symptom nonproductive cough, has_symptom shortness of breath, and has_symptom fever. Human pneumocystosis is caused by an infectious agent, which (after recent nomenclature and taxonomy revisions) is now classed as the fungus Pneumocystis jiroveci. The prevalence is unknown. Pneumocystis jiroveci is an opportunistic infectious agent, developing in immunosuppressed patients. It is an air-borne infection, localized to the lungs. However, extrapulmonary involvement is seen in AIDS patients. The disease manifests progressively with coughing, respiratory problems (dyspnea) and fever, followed by acute respiratory insufficiency and death within a few weeks in untreated cases. The most reliable diagnostic method is bronchoalveolar lavage. The treatment of choice is cotrimoxazole.
Pneumonia, Aspiration +  
pulmonary aspergillosis +  
recurrent pneumonia 
ventilator-associated pneumonia 
viral pneumonia +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: DOID:11339 ;   NCIT:C3334 ;   Orphanet:723 ;   PCP ;   PJP ;   Pneumocystis ;   Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ;   Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ;   Pneumocystis pneumonia ;   Pneumocystosis pneumonia
Xrefs: DOID:11339 ;   GARD:4386 ;   ICD10CM:B59 ;   ICD10EXP:B59+ ;   ICD10EXP:J17.3* ;   ICD9:136.3 ;   MEDGEN:777048 ;   MESH:D011020 ;   MONDO:0019121 ;   MedDRA:10035662
see_also: https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/4386/pneumocystosis" xsd:anyURI {source="GARD:0004386
Definition Sources: https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/4386/pneumocystosis

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