Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Symptoms of PCP include fever, non-productive cough, shortness of breath (especially on exertion), weight loss and night sweats. There is usually not a large amount of sputum with PCP unless the patient has an additional bacterial infection. The fungus can invade other visceral organs, such as the liver, spleen and kidney, but only in a minority of cases.

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