opportunistic infectious disease

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opportunistic infectious disease

n. enfermedad oportunista infecciosa, infección parasítica oportunista, producida por un microorganismo gen. no dañino, que no causa una enfermedad severa o prolongada pero se convierte en patógeno cuando la inmunidad del organismo ha sido ya quebrantada.
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Based on the results of entire gastrointestinal endoscopic examinations and subsequent pathological evaluations, we identified three (11%) cases of opportunistic infectious disease. These cases occurred in symptomatic naive HIV-infected patients, thus necessary to doubt harboring opportunistic infections.
As this study aimed to reveal mucosal changes attributable to HIV infection itself, patients with specific opportunistic infectious diseases (e.g., infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV), mycobacteriosis, cryptosporidium, or tuberculosis) were excluded.
Investigation of Small Bowel Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Patients Using Capsule Endoscopy
Furthermore, if the code for opportunistic infectious diseases was used for deaths caused by HIV/AIDS, the number of deaths from HIV/ AIDs may have been underestimated (10,24).
Infectious disease mortality rates, Thailand, 1958-2009
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