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  2. Pneumocystis pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), also known as Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), is a form of pneumonia that is caused by the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Pneumocystis specimens are commonly found in the lungs of healthy people although it is usually not a cause for disease. [ 5 ]

  3. Pneumocystis jirovecii - Wikipedia

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    Pneumocystis jirovecii (previously P. carinii) is a yeast-like fungus of the genus Pneumocystis. The causative organism of Pneumocystis pneumonia, it is an important human pathogen, particularly among immunocompromised hosts. Prior to its discovery as a human-specific pathogen, P. jirovecii was known as P. carinii.

  4. Pneumocystosis - Wikipedia

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    Pneumocystosis is a fungal infection that most often presents as Pneumocystis pneumonia in people with HIV/AIDS or poor immunity. [1] [7] It usually causes cough, difficulty breathing and fever, and can lead to respiratory failure. [4]

  5. Signs and symptoms of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) (originally known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) is relatively rare in healthy, immunocompetent people, but common among HIV-infected individuals. [15] It is caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii.

  6. Grocott's methenamine silver stain - Wikipedia

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    It can be used to identify the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jiroveci, [1] which causes a form of pneumonia called Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) or pneumocystosis. The cell walls of these organisms are outlined by the brown to black stain. The principle of GMS is the reduction of silver ions, which renders the fungal cell wall black.

  7. More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.

  8. Pneumocystidomycetes - Wikipedia

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    Pneumocystis carinii in tissue ... which in turn contains the genus Pneumocystis, causative agent of Pneumocystis pneumonia. ...

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    He eventually left his post at the rehabilitation facility in 2011. “I was stuck in an abstinence model that didn’t work,” Kalfas said. Administrators of the facility “really need to be confronted with their success rates. In AA, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.