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Why are infections a constant risk to a patient on immunosuppressive agents?
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Infections are a constant risk while on immunosuppressive agents, because the immune system is supposed to prevent them.
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Can a patient's resident biota be the infectious agent for nosocomial infections?
Resident biota can be the infections agents for nosocomial infections. Examples are staph infections of central lines, and fecal contaminants causing catheter-associated UTIs.
How may the contracting of infections in hospitals be explained?
This weakened immune system can be caused either by the patient's diseases or by treatments given to the patient. Second, many medical procedures can increase the risk of infection by introducing infectious agents
What is second line immunosuppressive agents?
Second-line immunosuppressive agents refer to medications that are used when initial treatments for a medical condition have failed or when more aggressive therapy is needed. These medications may include drugs such as mycophenolate mofetil, azathioprine, and cyclophosphamide, and are often used to help manage autoimmune diseases or prevent organ rejection after transplantation.
Are antibacterial agents useful in viral infections?
No, antibacterials agents are specifically used to fight bacterial infections and do not effect a viral infection in any way.
What is immunocompromization?
Indicating an individual whose immunologic mechanism is deficient either because of an immunodeficiency disorder or because it has been rendered so by immunosuppressive agents
How do you treat skin infections in fish?
Skin infections in fish can be treated with antibiotics or antimicrobial agents, such as erythromycin or pima/mela fix.
What drugs are used to treat graft-vs.-host disease?
Both the acute and the chronic disease are treated with cortisone-like drugs, immunosuppressive agents like cyclosporine, or with antibiotics and immune chemicals from donated blood
Endogenous infectious agents arise from microbes that are?
The patient's own normal flora
What authority do health agents have?
health agents play a major role in making decisions and stipulating what the patient's wishes are with respect to his or her medical and/or dying needs
Antibiotic agents are used to treat viral infections true or false?
False. In fact, the prescription of antibiotics for viral infections is suspected as the reason that there is a rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria in the Western world.Antibiotics 'kill' bacterial infections.Antivirals 'kill' viral infections.
Why are physicians sometimes describe as double agents?
Because they act as an agent for the insurer and also an agent for the patient
What has the author John G Bartlett written?
John G. Bartlett has written: 'Medical management of HIV infection' -- subject(s): Chemotherapy, Antiretroviral agents, Handbooks, manuals, HIV infections 'Medical management of HIV infection' -- subject(s): HIV infections, Chemotherapy, Handbooks, manuals, Drug therapy, Handbooks 'The Johns Hopkins Hospital Guide to Medical Care of Patients With HIV Infection' 'Medical management of HIV infection' -- subject(s): Chemotherapy, Antiretroviral agents, Handbooks, manuals, HIV infections 'Management of respiratory tract infections' -- subject(s): Respiratory Tract Infections, Respiratory infections
