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Abstract
An infection caused by an organism which becomes pathogenic under certain conditions, e.g., during immunosuppression.
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- Infection, Opportunistic
- Infections, Opportunistic
- Opportunistic Infection
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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"an infect caused by an organism which becomes pathogenic under certain conditions, e.g., during immunosuppression"; coord IM with specific name of opportunistic infect (IM) + specific infect to which it is opportunistic (IM), using /compl for all 3
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- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (1983-1986)
- Bacterial Infections (1972-1986)
- Infection (1966-1986)
- specific infection (1966-1986)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Opportunistic Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009894. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009894
- Opportunistic Infections. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_infection
- Opportunistic Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q835718