opportunistic infection

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(Tıp) Normal olarak hastalığa sebep olmayan pek az patojeniteye sahip olan bir mikro-organizmanın, başka bir hastalık veya tedavi yöntemi nedeniyle aktivasyon kazanarak meydana getirdiği ağır hastalık tablosu

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opportunistic infections
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İngilizce - İngilizce
any infection that causes disease and occurs only when the host's immune system is impaired
An infection that normally does not occur or is not life threatening, but that takes advantage of a weakened immune system
An infection caused by an organism capable of causing disease only in individuals whose resistance to infection is lowered
An infection by a microorganism that normally does not cause disease but becomes pathogenic when the body's immune system is impaired and unable to fight off infection
A disease or infection caused by a microorganism that does not ordinarily cause disease but which, under certain conditions (impaired immune responses i e HIV), becomes pathologic e g pneumonia
A disease suffered by a person whose immune system is impaired (as in AIDS); these infections are usually not problematic in people with functioning immune systems
Infections with any organism (mostly bacterial or fungal) that may occur when a person's immune system has been compromised or reduced because of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
An infection caused by a microbe which a healthy person would be able to fight off Opportunistic infections are found in immunodeficient persons, those suffering form AIDS, an those on chemo therapy
a disease or condition that attacks because of a weakened immune system Commonly abbreviated OI One good list of OIs is in the U S government's definition of AIDS
An infection in an immunosuppressed person caused by an organism that does not usually trouble people with healthy immune systems
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)
(OI): a disease caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause illness in a person with a healthy immune system, but that may cause serious disease when the immune system is weakened Common OIs in HIV positive people include Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) 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

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opportunistic infections
Infections that do not ordinarily affect individualswho have a healthy immune system
opportunistic infections
Infections that the bodily defenses would normally hold in check; these pathogens require a special opportunity to produce disease 181Infections that the bodily defenses would normally hold in check; these pathogens require a special opportunity to produce disease 181
opportunistic infections
infections caused by germs which do not normally cause disease may occur under certain circumstances with an impaired immune system
opportunistic infection

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    /ˌäpərˌto͞oˈnəstək ənˈfeksʜən/ /ˌɑːpɜrˌtuːˈnɪstɪk ɪnˈfɛkʃən/