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Interstitial plasma cell pneumonia.what is a lay term used for it?
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Pcp pneumonia: This is a kind of pneumonia that was described in malnourished starving children with progressive x ray findings in both lungs. It is now known that this is causes by pneumocystis , the same fungus that causes pneumonia in other patients with damaged immune systems.
Answered 6/29/2015
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