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opportunistic infection

DEFINITIONS OF: opportunistic infection

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n any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs)

Types:
aspergillosis
an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs
Type of:
infection
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
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