Document 0333
 DOCN  M9460333
 TI    The identity of Pneumocystis carinii: not a single protozoan, but a
       diverse group of exotic fungi.
 DT    9408
 AU    Stringer JR; Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and
       Microbiology,; College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, OH
       45267-0524.
 SO    Infect Agents Dis. 1993 Jun;2(3):109-17. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94228117
 AB    Pneumocystosis is an AIDS-associated pneumonia that is characterized by
       the accumulation of very large numbers of a eucaryotic single-celled
       organism called Pneumocystis carinii, which has not been cultured.
       Pneumocystosis also occurs in many other mammalian species, and the
       rubric P. carinii is currently used to refer to organisms associated
       with this disease in all host species. This article reviews molecular
       genetic data establishing that P. carinii is a fungus, that P. carinii
       in people is not the same organism as P. carinii in rats, and that there
       may be more than one species of P. carinii, capable of infecting an
       individual patient. The implications of such genetic diversity for
       understanding and combating pneumocystosis are discussed.
 DE    Animal  Human  Nomenclature  Pneumocystis
       carinii/*CLASSIFICATION/GENETICS  Rats/MICROBIOLOGY  Support, U.S.
       Gov't, P.H.S.  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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