Gigliotti Francis, Limper Andrew H, Wright Terry
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York 14642.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014 Nov 3;4(12):a019828. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019828.
Since its initial misidentification as a trypanosome some 100 years ago, Pneumocystis has remained recalcitrant to study. Although we have learned much, we still do not have definitive answers to such basic questions as, where is the reservoir of infection, how does Pneumocystis reproduce, what is the mechanism of infection, and are there true species of Pneumocystis? The goal of this review is to provide the reader the most up to date information available about the biology of Pneumocystis and the disease it produces.
大约100年前,肺孢子菌最初被误鉴定为锥虫,此后一直难以研究。尽管我们已经了解了很多,但对于一些基本问题,如感染源在哪里、肺孢子菌如何繁殖、感染机制是什么以及是否存在真正的肺孢子菌种,我们仍然没有确切的答案。这篇综述的目的是为读者提供有关肺孢子菌生物学及其所致疾病的最新信息。