It is still PCP that can stand for Pneumocystis pneumonia: Appeal for generalized use of only one acronym
- Autores: Gilles Nevez, Anne Totet, Olga Matos, Enrique J Calderon, Robert F Miller, Solène Le Gal
- Ano de Publicação: 2021
- Journal: Mycology, 59(8), pp 842-844
- Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myab024
ABSTRACT Twenty-years ago, considering the host specificity of Pneumocystis species, the human-derived Pneumocystis, Pneumocystis carinii formae specialis hominis, was renamed Pneumocystis jirovecii. Pneumocystis carinii formae specialis carinii was finally renamed Pneumocystis carinii and kept for the species derived from Rattus norvegicus. P. jirovecii is now widely used by most authors. The PCP acronym that initially referred to “Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia” was contemporaneously redefined to stand for Pneumocystis pneumonia in order […]
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