Briefly outline the epidemiology and pathology of Pneumocystisjirovecii.

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Briefly outline the epidemiology and pathology of Pneumocystis
jirovecii.

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Pneumocystis jirovecii belongs to genus Pneumocystis and is a yeast like fungus. It belongs to the kingdom fungi, class pneumocystidomycetes, and order pneumocystidales. It belongs to the division of Ascomycota. Pneumocystis jirovecii is an important human pathogen.

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