Definition of pneumocystis in English:
pneumocystis
nounˌnjuːmə(ʊ)ˈsɪstɪsˈn(y)o͞omōˌsistəs
mass nounMedicine A parasitic protozoan that can cause fatal pneumonia in people affected with immunodeficiency disease.
Pneumocystis carinii, phylum Sporozoa
Example sentencesExamples
- I had lost a very close friend in 1982, one of the very first victims of [AIDS-related] pneumocystis.
- Moreover, providing treatment to prevent vertical transmission of HIV could save the NHS money - for example, by preventing the need for emergency care of an unnecessarily HIV infected infant with pneumocystis pneumonia.
- He confirms that the photographer was HIV-positive but noted that the pneumonia was not pneumocystis pneumonia, the type usually associated with HIV.
- She would also be encouraged to begin prophylaxis for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with Bactrim.
- He is being treated for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.