肺囊蟲在健康人類的肺部常見,也是機會性感染源頭,引起免疫系統虛弱的人類感染。肺囊蟲肺炎在癌症患者接受化療,愛滋病毒感染後尤其常見。
| Pneumocystis jiroveciipneumonia | |
| 分類系統及外部資源 | |
Pneumocystis jiroveciicysts from bronchoalveolar lavage, stained with Toluidin blue O stain | |
| ICD-10 | B20.6 |
| ICD-9 | 136.3 |
| DiseasesDB | 10160 |
| MedlinePlus | 000671 |
| eMedicine | med/1850 |
| MeSH | D011020 |
