Talk:Pneumocystis jiroveci

Nomenclature

I updated this article and Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia with a bit more detail from the external link, on the carinii/jiroveci issue. Another editor (on the PCP article) disagreed with this earlier, citing the complaints raised by W.T. Hughes (the CDC page includes a link to Hughes's letter), and I wrote some misleading things based on Hughes' notions of ICBN procedure; however, the response to Hughes (following the links again) convinces me that there's nothing wrong with jiroveci. I'm catching up with all this pretty late, having been an AIDS nurse since 2000... ←Hob 06:23, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Spelling

Read the last sentence. Why isn't this article called "Pneumocystis jirovecii"? Fredil Yupigo ^{What has Wikipedia become?} 23:23, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

• Because, technically, the ICBN hasn't ruled on either P. carinii or P. jiroveci (with or without two is). From the CDC Letter:

"The tone of the article by Stringer et al. implies that the change of P. carinii to P. jiroveci is final, which is not the case. The nomenclature of fungi is governed by ICBN under the auspices of the International Botanical Congress and is not based solely on molecular genetics. Neither P. carinii nor P. jiroveci have been submitted for ICBN scrutiny. In another paper, Stringer et al. outline the mechanics for submission, but indicate that no application has been submitted for their proposal (10). In fact, P. carinii has not been acknowledged as a fungus by ICBN or any other authoritative taxonomic system. Only when nomenclature is registered in ICBN, can a name be referred to as “formally accepted.” In the meantime, the workable terminology proposed earlier by Stringer et al. in 1994 (11) will suffice for clinical use." (emphasis mine).

As for why the Wikipedia entry is under the single-'i' version, a search of PubMed is split about 50:50; I'm guessing in about 10-15 years we'll end up moving the article, but hey, who knows..... Ain't taxonomic infighting grand? <grin> -- MarcoTolo 23:34, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

In fifteen years, I'll be 28. Fredil Yupigo ^{What has Wikipedia become?} 18:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, happy 28th birthday in advance. Let's have a party on this talk page then! :-) ←Hob 00:01, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

My birthday was exactly three weeks ago... Fredil Yupigo ^{What has Wikipedia become?} 15:24, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Merge under alternate name

I completed the moving, redirecting and merging of data from several pages, Pneumocystis jiroveci, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, Pneumocystis, to Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). see Talk:Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) Also see Heliocybe 15:45, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Talk:Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia