Pneumocystis jiroveci
Yeast like fungi.
Infection of lungs caused by pneumocystis carinii.
Sources and mode of Transmission
Fungus spores are major source of infection and transmitted by inhalation of spores.
Pathogenesis
Most common opportunistic disease, cause in individual infected with HIV-l.
Cause inflammation of alveoli resulting blocks of exchange of gases.
It can't be cultivated.
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