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One of several infections that can occur in an immunocompromised host such as an HIV/AIDS patient. These include Tuberculosis, Pneumocystitis Carinii Pneumonia, and Thrush.
Ãâó: omegapharmaceuticals.com/cm4_glossary.asp
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| opportunistic infection |
an infection in immune deficient, or immune-suppressed persons, symptomatically caused by organisms that do not usually affect people with deemed normal immune systems.
Ãâó: www.night-thunder.com/diseaseglossary.html
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| opportunistic infection |
A variety of infections that occur in people whose immune systems are not as strong as they should be..
Ãâó: www.ci.mil.wi.us/display/router.asp
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| opportunistic infection |
an infection caused by an organism that is usually benign, such as a commensal bacterium.
Ãâó: www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/antibiotic_res...
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| opportunistic infection |
any infection or condition that takes the opportunity of a weakened immune system to cause disease. These may include relatively common infections, which may cause little or no harm in a healthy person.
Ãâó: hrw.org/reports/2004/india0704/2.htm
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