OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

  

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OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

"OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS" is a plural of: opportunistic infection.


Specialty Definition: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

DomainDefinition

Health

An infection caused by an organism which becomes pathogenic under certain conditions, e.g., during immunosuppression. (references)

Medicine

The illnesses caused by an organism that usually does not cause disease in a person with a normal immune system. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

Specialty definitions using "OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS": Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Alcaligenes, Anti-HIV AgentsHLA-DR3 AntigenMice, SCID, Murine Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromePaecilomycesTrichosporon, Tuberculoma, Intracranial. (references)

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Commercial Usage: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Opportunistic Infections in Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (reference)

  • A Holistic Protocol for the Immune System: A Manual for Hiv/Arc/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections (reference)

  • The 2001 Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents and the 1999 USPHS/IDSA Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections (reference)

  • AIDS: The Epidemic of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (reference)

  • Opportunistic Infections (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

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P. marneffei is endemic to Southeast Asia, where it is one of the more common HIV-related opportunistic infections. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In addition, they are susceptible to opportunistic infections, especially Pneumocystis pneumonia. (references)

AIDS-related cancers such as lymphoma and opportunistic infections (OI) may also affect the nervous system. (references)

CDC. 1999 USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

Expression using "OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS": AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

Language Translations for "OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

opportunistiske infektioner. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

secundaire infectie. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

opportunistiset infektiot. (various references)

   

French

  

infections secondaires, infections opportunistes. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ευκαιριακές λοιμώξεις, δευτερογενείς λοιμώξεις. (various references)

   

Italian

  

infezioni secondarie, infezioni opportunistiche, infezioni opportuniste. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

opportunisticay infectionsay

   

Spanish

  

infecciones oportunistas. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-f-i-i-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-t-t-t-u"

-5 letters: introspectionistic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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