pneumocystis

British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

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 • Dec. 2, 2022

In the early 1980s, for instance, it was clinicians’ observations that pneumocystis pneumonia co-occurred with Kaposi’s sarcoma in men in San Francisco that led to the identification of HIV/AIDS as the common risk factor19.

From Nature • Mar. 23, 2020

The virus, which today can be controlled with drugs, attacks the body’s immune system, leaving it vulnerable to an array of maladies such as the skin disorder Kaposi’s sarcoma or the rare pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2019

He finally sought care after suffering pneumocystis pneumonia, a lung infection that strikes HIV patients as their immune systems weaken.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2012

The first federal announcement, 30 years ago this week, concerned “five young men, all active homosexuals,” with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, or P.C.P., a disease “almost exclusively limited to severely immunosuppressed patients.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2011