opportunistic infection

An infection by a microorganism or virus that normally does not cause disease but becomes pathogenic when the body's immune system is impaired, as in AIDS patients.

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Noun

opportunistic infection - any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs)

infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

aspergillosis - an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs

Translations

maladie opportuniste

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Out of the 100 patients in our study population, the episode of opportunistic infection in 74 patients were treated successfully.

OCCURRENCE AND OUTCOME OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS AMONG HAART EXPERIENCED PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF KOLKATA

Results: Tuberculosis was most common opportunistic infection recorded and the prevalence rate was 22.19%.

A study of epidemiology and clinical profile of tuberculosis in patients living with HIV-Aids

Put simply, an "opportunistic infection" is an infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans.

Pulmonary opportunistic infections

described 16 patients with HIV from Spain who had visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as opportunistic infection. (9)

Kala-azar presenting as isolated cervical lymphadenopathy in an HIV-infected child

BioAlliance Pharma SA is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics targeting drug resistance in cancer, HIV and opportunistic infections.

Par Pharmaceutical licenses United States commercialization rights to antifungal Loramyc

Among them 35% of the death in this group of people were due to Respiratory causes, closely followed by Hepatic causes constituting 27%, Central nervous system involvement excluding TBM constitute 14%, other opportunistic infections were 7%, Haematological causes were 4%, Gastrointestinal 4%, Renal causes were 3%, Cardiovascular 2%, other systemic infections 2% and Miscellaneous causes of death were 2% (Table 1) (Figure 1).

Retrospective analysis of causes of death in HIV infected patients in Imphal, Manipur, North Eastern part of India

The patient was positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but he had no history of opportunistic infections. He recalled no specific tick or insect bite, and he denied any knowledge of contact with rabbits or rabbit meat, the primary vectors in zoonotic transmission.

Tularemia of the head and neck: A possible sign of bioterrorism. (Original Article)

Opportunistic Infections (OIs] and associated complications account for a considerable proportion of mortality in such patients.

Study of changes in opportunistic infections after one year of antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected patients in a Tertiary Care Centre in North Bengal

Tuberculosis (37.09%) was the most common laboratory documented opportunistic infection observed in our study [4,14,15] followed by candidiasis (3.22%) and TBM (1.6%).

Profile and clinical features of HIV positive patients attending Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre in a medical college hospital of Hassan, Karnataka

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are major causes of opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients.

Mycobacterium intermedium granulomatous dermatitis from hot tub exposure

(5.) NACO-Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Indian Spectrum of opportunistic infection in AIDS in India specialists Training and Reference Module.

Spectrum of opportunistic pulmonary infections other than tuberculosis in patients with HIV

However, larger studies indicated that this strategy was actually potentially harmful, as people taking an STI were more likely to experience an opportunistic infection and disease progression compared to those continuing on a HAART regimen.

Therapeutic and diagnostic advances in the HAART era