Are members of the fungal genus pneumocystis (a) commensals; (b) opportunists; (c) pathogens; or (d) all of the above?

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Cushion, Melanie T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ATOVAQUONE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN PLUS PRIMAQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ECHINOCANDIN; INFLIXIMAB; PENTAMIDINE; PRIMAQUINE; ROSCOVITINE; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BUDDING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMENSAL; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS MURINA; PNEUMOCYSTIS ORYCTOLAGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS WAKEFIELDIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 78149288040     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001009     Document Type: Article

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