pneumocystis

/ ˌnjuːməʊˈsɪstɪs /

noun

1. any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease

Example Sentences

A few months before that hearing, in June 1991, the New York Times had marked a decade of the epidemic by recalling the brief 1981 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that described an outbreak of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia among five gay men in Los Angeles.

From Slate

Chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant failed to produce a second remission, and in his weakened immune state, he developed a dangerous case of pneumocystis pneumonia.

From Los Angeles Times

This is gonna explode into something that we haven’t seen,’” Fauci recalled of his prescient outlook regarding the emerging clusters of gay men suffering often fatal cases of Pneumocystis pneumonia and a rare cancer, Kaposi sarcoma.

From The Guardian

It was extremely important — both clinically, in that it alerted doctors to think about Pneumocystis carinii when evaluating pneumonia in men who have sex with men, and scientifically, in that it spurred researchers to investigate why these otherwise healthy men were suddenly dying.

From Washington Post

Given the prevalence of pneumocystis pneumonia, smoking marijuana was not a safe option for many people with AIDS.

From Salon