Question

what are the opportunistic diseases

Answer 1

An opportunistic infection is an infection caused by pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa) that take advantage of an opportunity not normally available, such as a host with a weakened immune system, an altered microbiota (such as a disrupted gut microbiota), or breached integumentary barriers.

Answer 2

Opportunistic diseases are actually an entire group of diseases. By definition, an opportunistic disease is a diseasethat will most often make you sick given the "opportunity" of a damaged or weakened immune system (weakened because of AIDS, various forms of cancer or other causes).

●Burkitt's LymphomaCandidiasis in the bronchi, trachea, lungs, or esophagus
●Cervical Cancer
●Coccidioidomycosis (disseminated or outside the lungs)
●Cryptococcosis (outside the lungs)
●Cryptosporidiosis in the intestines lasting for more than 1 month
●Cytomegalovirus [CMV] (outside the liver, spleen, or lymph nodes)
●Cytomegalovirus retinitis [CMV] (with loss of vision)
●HIV encephalopathy
●Herpes Simplex lesions lasting for more than one month
●Herpes Simplex in the bronchi, lung, or esophagusHistoplasmosis (disseminated or outside the lungs)Immunoblastic lymphoma
●Invasive cervical ●carcinoma (cancer)Isosporiasis in the intestines lasting for more than one month
●Kaposi's SarcomaLymphoma (primary in the brain)
●Mycobacterium avium complex[MAC] (disseminated or outside the lungs)Mycobacterium kansasii (disseminated or outside the lungs)
●Mycobacterium ●tuberculosis (TB)Mycobacterium [other types] (disseminated or outside the lungs)
●Progressive multifocal ●leukoencephalopathy (PML)Salmonella septicemia (recurrent)
●Toxoplasmosis (in the brain)
●Wasting syndrome


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