Terms Related to Pneumocystis carinii Infection

• Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia

  A pulmonary disease occurring in immunodeficient or malnourished patients or infants, characterized by dyspnea, tachypnea, and hypoxemia. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is a frequently seen opportunistic ...

• Pneumocystis carinii

  A species of ascomycetous fungi, family Pneumocystidaceae, order Pneumocystidales, causing interstitial plasma cell pneumonia and other infections in man, as well as infections in other ...

• TMP SMX

  This drug combination has proved to be an effective therapeutic agent with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. It is effective in ...