pneumocystis pneumonia

[ noo-muh-sis-tis, nyoo- ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a pulmonary infection caused by the protozoan Pneumocystis carinii, occurring as an opportunistic disease in persons with impaired immune systems, as AIDS victims. : PCP

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumocystis pneumonia¹

1980–85; pneumocystis < New Latin: genus name; pneumo-, cyst

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

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

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

From Salon

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

A: I lost a dear friend to pneumocystis pneumonia in 1982.

From Washington Post