Opportunistic Infections

"Opportunistic Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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

Descriptor ID	D009894
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.597 C02.597 C03.684
Concept/Terms	Opportunistic Infections Opportunistic Infections Infection, Opportunistic Infections, Opportunistic Opportunistic Infection

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Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Opportunistic Infections [C01.539.597]
Virus Diseases [C02]
Opportunistic Infections [C02.597]
Parasitic Diseases [C03]
Opportunistic Infections [C03.684]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2002	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	0	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1

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Perez-Lopez CJ, Arroyo E, Rodriguez M, Ortiz D, Nazario S. Disseminated Mycobacterium avium intracellulare leading to protein-losing enteropathy in an elderly man with idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 Oct; 119(4):390-391.e1.

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Mazu TK, Bricker BA, Flores-Rozas H, Ablordeppey SY. The Mechanistic Targets of Antifungal Agents: An Overview. Mini Rev Med Chem. 2016; 16(7):555-78.

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Routes J, Abinun M, Al-Herz W, Bustamante J, Condino-Neto A, De La Morena MT, Etzioni A, Gambineri E, Haddad E, Kobrynski L, Le Deist F, Nonoyama S, Oliveira JB, Perez E, Picard C, Rezaei N, Sleasman J, Sullivan KE, Torgerson T. ICON: the early diagnosis of congenital immunodeficiencies. J Clin Immunol. 2014 May; 34(4):398-424.

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Jyonouchi S, Orange J, Sullivan KE, Krantz I, Deardorff M. Immunologic features of Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Pediatrics. 2013 Aug; 132(2):e484-9.

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Astudillo B, Cruz M, del Prado L, Domenack R, Nasi E, Seche S, Iriarte RI. Profile of patients admitted with infected skin ulcers at Bella Vista Hospital Mayag?ez. Bol Asoc Med P R. 2013; 105(3):29-35.

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Saltzman RW, Albin S, Russo P, Sullivan KE. Clinical conditions associated with PCP in children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2012 May; 47(5):510-6.

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Furrie E, Senok AC, Frank DN, Sullivan KE. Pondering probiotics. Clin Immunol. 2006 Oct; 121(1):19-22.

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Maslow JN, Brar I, Smith G, Newman GW, Mehta R, Thornton C, Didier P. Latent infection as a source of disseminated disease caused by organisms of the Mycobacterium avium complex in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus macaques. J Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 01; 187(11):1748-55.

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Viudes A, Pem?n J, Cant?n E, Salavert M, Ubeda P, L?pez-Ribot JL, Gobernado M. Two cases of fungemia due to Candida lusitaniae and a literature review. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 Apr; 21(4):294-9.

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Adamkiewicz TV, Lorenzana A, Doyle J, Richardson S. Peripheral vs. central blood cultures in patients admitted to a pediatric oncology ward. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999 Jun; 18(6):556-8.

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