 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.
An infection caused by an organism which becomes pathogenic under certain conditions, e.g., during immunosuppression.
| Descriptor ID |
D009894
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.597 C02.597 C03.684
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| Concept/Terms |
Opportunistic Infections- Opportunistic Infections
- Infection, Opportunistic
- Infections, Opportunistic
- Opportunistic Infection
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Opportunistic Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Loechelt BJ, Green M, Gottlieb PA, Blumberg E, Weinberg A, Quinlan S, Baden LR. Screening and Monitoring for Infectious Complications When Immunosuppressive Agents Are Studied in the Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Sep; 4(3):198-204.
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Rojek NW, Norton SA. Violaceous necrotic plaques on the leg of an immunosuppressed patient. JAMA Dermatol. 2014 Jun; 150(6):674.
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Dvorak CC, Bollard CM, El-Bietar J, Filipovich A. Complications of transplant for nonmalignant disorders: autoimmune cytopenias, opportunistic infections, and PTLD. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2012 Jan; 18(1 Suppl):S101-10.
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Chiou CC, Seibel NL, Derito FA, Bulas D, Walsh TJ, Groll AH. Concomitant Candida epiglottitis and disseminated Varicella zoster virus infection associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 Nov; 28(11):757-9.
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Freeman AF, Jacobsohn DA, Shulman ST, Bellini WJ, Jaggi P, de Leon G, Keating GF, Kim F, Pachman LM, Kletzel M, Duerst RE. A new complication of stem cell transplantation: measles inclusion body encephalitis. Pediatrics. 2004 Nov; 114(5):e657-60.
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