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An infection that develops only when a person's immune system is weakened.
Kellen Bednar
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∙ 9y agoOpportunistic infections are diseases or conditions caused by microbes that would not affect a healthy person. They affect those with impaired immune function.
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Infection that attacks an individual already weakened by disease?
Opportunistic Infection. Pg. 90 in Memmler's The Human Body in Health and Disease 12th Edition.
Is caused by a pathogen that does not normally produce an illness in healthy humans?
opportunistic infection
Any treatments to opportunistic infection?
There are many different opportunistic infections and many different ways to treat them.
Opportunistic infection may develop when?
They are from resident flora
What infection is bad for a person with AIDS but does not harm a healthy one?
These infections are called "opportunistic infections." They are called opportunistic because a weakened immune system is necessary for them to cause serious infection.
What infection is a pathogen that normally does not cause disease unless the host is weakened by another condition?
Opportunistic infection
An infection is caused by a pathogen that normally does not cause disease unless the host is weakened by another condition?
Opportunistic Infection
Which phase of HIV infection is characterized by opportunistic infections?
Phase III
Why hospital patient are at increased risk for opportunistic infection?
The ones who might already have an infection or have a low immune level.
What is an opportunistic infection?
An opportunistic infection (OI) is an infection that occurs only when the host's defense systems (ie, the immune system) are weakened. The common characteristic of all agents that cause opportunistic infections is that they rarely affect individuals with healthy immune systems. For example, the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a classic cause of immune system depression and is associated with many opportunistic infections, including toxoplasmosis, pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), and others.
What caused by a pathogen that does not normally produce an illness in healthy humans?
opportunistic infection
What term describes a non pathogenic organism that becomes pathogenic?
A non pathogenic organism cause infection in host when the host's immune system is down.It is called as opportunistic pathogen.That infection is known as opportunistic infection.Example for opportunistic pathogen:Candida albicans, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, cytomegalovirus (CMV) ---- Pathogen to HIV positive persons.
