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On the other hand, more and more automatic tools based on artificial intelligence are required every day to help diagnose diseases and thus optimize the resources of the healthcare system. It is therefore important to develop techniques and mechanisms that enable early diagnosis. One of the most widely used techniques in diagnostic laboratories for the detection of its etiological agent, Pneumocystis jirovecii, is optical microscopy. Therefore, an image dataset of 29 different patients is presented in this work, which can be used to detect whether a patient is positive or negative for this fungi. These images were taken in at least four random positions on the specimen holder. The dataset consists of a total of 137 RGB images. Likewise, it contains realistic, annotated, and high-quality microscope images. In addition, we provide image segmentation and labeling that can also be used in numerous studies based on artificial intelligence implementation. The labeling was also validated by an expert, allowing it to be used as a reference in the training of automatic algorithms with supervised learning methods and thus to develop diagnostic assistance systems. Therefore, the dataset will open new opportunities for researchers working in image segmentation, detection, and classification problems related to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia diagnosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/data7050056","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,29]],"date-time":"2022-04-29T16:49:57Z","timestamp":1651250997000},"page":"56","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Microscopic Imaging and Labeling Dataset for the Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii Using Methenamine Silver Staining Method"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8769-0718","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erick","family":"Reyes-Vera","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Metropolitano ITM, Medellin 050034, Colombia"},{"name":"Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporaci\u00f3n para Investigaciones Biol\u00f3gicas, Medellin 050034, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7720-8828","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juan S.","family":"Botero-Valencia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechatronics and Electromechanics, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Metropolitano ITM, Medellin 050034, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1431-0037","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karen","family":"Arango-Bustamante","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporaci\u00f3n para Investigaciones Biol\u00f3gicas, Medellin 050034, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6199-8570","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alejandra","family":"Zuluaga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporaci\u00f3n para Investigaciones Biol\u00f3gicas, Medellin 050034, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4667-6391","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tonny W.","family":"Naranjo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical and Experimental Mycology Group, Corporaci\u00f3n para Investigaciones Biol\u00f3gicas, Medellin 050034, Colombia"},{"name":"School of Health Sciences, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin 050031, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"29","article-title":"M\u00e9todos Diagn\u00f3sticos Tintoriales para Pneumocystis jirovecii (Diagnostic methods staining for Pneumocystis jirovecii)","volume":"26","year":"2011","journal-title":"Boletin Medico"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Saraiva, A.A., Santos, D.B., Costa, N.C., Sousa, J.V.M., Fonseca Ferreira, N.M., Valente, A., and Soares, S. 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