pneumocystis pneumonia

pneumocystis pneumonia
/nooh'meuh sis"tis, nyooh'-/, Pathol.
a pulmonary infection caused by the protozoan Pneumocystis carinii, occurring as an opportunistic disease in persons with impaired immune systems, as AIDS victims. Abbr.: PCP Also called pneumocystis carinii pneumonia /keuh ruy"nee uy'/.
[1980-85; pneumocystis < NL: genus name; see PNEUMO-, CYST]

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