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A person who is immunosuppressed is taking drugs that wipes out or lowers the aggressiveness of the persons immune system. People with autoimmune diseases take immunosuppressents to stop their immune system from attacking their own tissues. I also believe that people with leukemia have all their white blood cells killed so they are also immunosuppressed. I'm pretty sure that transplant patients are immunosuppressed to avoid rejection of their new organ.

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A person who is immunosuppressed is taking drugs that wipes out or lowers the aggressiveness of the persons immune system. People with autoimmune diseases take immunosuppressents to stop their immune system from attacking their own tissues. I also believe that people with leukemia have all their white blood cells killed so they are also immunosuppressed. I'm pretty sure that transplant patients are immunosuppressed to avoid rejection of their new organ.

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in persons who are immunosuppressed, those treated recently with broad-spectrum antibiotics , and persons who have a decaying tissue injury on or near a mucous membrane, especially if the site is foul-smelling

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parasitic fungi are fungi that feed on a living host. fungal pneumonia is most commonly seen in immunosuppressed individuals.

tuberculosis is caused by mycobacterium not fungus.

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Human Herpes virus Six is most common in children and can cause encephalitis, lymphadenopathy, myocarditis and myelosuppression. In rare cases it can re-activate in adults, but it's really only a threat to immunosuppressed individuals and transplant patients.

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low wbc count depicts immunosuppressed patient,with a compromised deffence mechanism,low platelet count means thrombocytopaenia where the patient has a bleeding disorder resulting to excessive blood loss incase of an injury

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