"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Opportunistic Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Pancreas Transplant Outcomes. Exp Clin Transplant. 2019 12; 17(6):796-802.
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Human Primary Epithelial Cells Acquire an Epithelial-Mesenchymal-Transition Phenotype during Long-Term Infection by the Oral Opportunistic Pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2017; 7:493.
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Low prevalence of Pneumocystis pneumonia in hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: review of a clinical data warehouse. Lupus. 2017 Dec; 26(14):1473-1482.
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Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of opportunistic infections in pediatric renal transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Feb; 20(1):44-8.
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Concurrent Disseminated Nocardiosis and GI Mucormycosis in a Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipient. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Apr 01; 34(10):e84-6.
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25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and opportunistic viral infections after kidney transplant. Exp Clin Transplant. 2014 Apr; 12(2):95-100.
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Implementation of an intensive risk-stratified treatment protocol for children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Lebanon. Am J Hematol. 2012 Jul; 87(7):678-83.
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Visual vignette. Suppurative thyroiditis due to Nocardia asteroides. Endocr Pract. 2012 May-Jun; 18(3):426.
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Treatment of BK viremia in a pediatric heart transplant recipient. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 May; 31(5):552-3.
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Orbital lymphoma in the setting of idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia (HIV-negative AIDS). Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Sep-Oct; 27(5):e134-6.