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Definitions for "OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN"
Keywords:  debilitated, compromised, microorganism, defense, pregant
Related Terms: Infectious disease, Infection, Infectious diseases, Virulence, Pathogenicity, Pathogenic, Bacterial infection, Cytomegalovirus, Viral infection, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Infectious, Coronavirus, Secondary infection, Malaria, Cmv , Aids, Cryptosporidiosis, Communicable disease, Cryptosporidium, Germ theory, Opportunistic infections, Virus , Hepatitis a, Toxoplasmosis, Adenovirus, Pathogen, Anthrax, Cytomegalovirus, Rhinovirus, Cowpox, Mmr , Leishmaniasis, Tularemia, Opportunistic infection, Parvovirus, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Contagious disease, Influenza pandemic, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Typhus, Infectious agent, Measles, Shigella, Plague, Leptospirosis, Typhoid, Bubonic plague, Hepatitis b, Babesiosis, Primary infection
Any organism that is able to induce disease only if the host's immune or other defenses are compromised.
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A microorganism that does not cause disease in a healthy host, but only in individuals whose normal defense mechanisms have been compromised (e.g., burn patients, recipients of organ transplants receiving immunsuppresants, individuals with AIDS, pregant women) (Lecture: Overview of Bacterial Pathogenesis, 1/22/02)
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An organism that only causes disease when host resistance is abnormally low.
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