Conditions / Respiratory

pneumocystosis

info · Respiratory · ICD-10: B59

An opportunistic mycosis that is located in lungs, but can also occur in eyes, ears, skin, thyroid, pituitary, palate, parathyroid, esophagus, pleura, heart, liver, spleen, small intestine, adrenals, kidneys, bone marrow, and lymph nodes, has_material_basis_in

An opportunistic mycosis that is located in lungs, but can also occur in eyes, ears, skin, thyroid, pituitary, palate, parathyroid, esophagus, pleura, heart, liver, spleen, small intestine, adrenals, kidneys, bone marrow, and lymph nodes, has_material_basis_in Pneumocystis jirovecii that effects interstitial and alveolar tissues and has symptom nonproductive cough, has symptom shortness of breath, and has symptom fever.

Medications that may treat it

atovaquone clindamycin sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim trimetrexate

Also known as: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; Pneumocystis pneumonia; Pneumocystosis pneumonia; pulmonary pneumocystosis