"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 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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Rossi R, Rellosa N, Miller R, Schultz CL, Miller JM, Berman L, Miller EG. A Complicated Case of Vaccine Refusal. Pediatrics. 2020 10; 146(4).
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Katragkou A, Fisher BT, Groll AH, Roilides E, Walsh TJ. Diagnostic Imaging and Invasive Fungal Diseases in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Sep 01; 6(suppl_1):S22-S31.
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Talcott KE, Garg RJ, Garg SJ. Ophthalmic manifestations of leukemia. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2016 Nov; 27(6):545-551.
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Tyagi M, Ambiya V, Mathai A, Narayanan R. Atypical cytomegalovirus retinitis in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Aug 03; 2015.
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Bruminhent J, Lynch TK, Gefen J, Santoro J. Listeria monocytogenes cholecystitis: a possible new syndrome. Am J Med Sci. 2013 May; 345(5):414-7.
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Bruminhent J, Tokarczyk MJ, Jungkind D, DeSimone JA. Rothia mucilaginosa prosthetic device infections: a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 May; 51(5):1629-32.
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Planet PJ, Narechania A, Hymes SR, Gagliardo C, Huard RC, Whittier S, Della-Latta P, Ratner AJ. Bordetella holmesii: initial genomic analysis of an emerging opportunist. Pathog Dis. 2013 Mar; 67(2):132-5.
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Eftekhari K, Say EA, Shields CL, Gausas RE, Shields JA. Orbital lymphoma in the setting of idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia (HIV-negative AIDS). Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Sep-Oct; 27(5):e134-6.
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Nayak AP, Green BJ, Janotka E, Hettick JM, Friend S, Vesper SJ, Schmechel D, Beezhold DH. Monoclonal antibodies to hyphal exoantigens derived from the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus terreus. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2011 Sep; 18(9):1568-76.
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Ali HA, Walkenstein M. Bilateral nodular pulmonary infiltrates in an immunocompromised host. Thorax. 2008 Aug; 63(8):746, 753.