DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for pneumocystosis

Pneumocystosis [DOID:11339]

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.

Synonyms:  pneumocystosis,  DOID:11339,  pneumocystosises,  Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia,  Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ...