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opportunistic infection

Term used to denote an organism that causes disease in patients whose immune systems are already weakened by immunosuppression, cytotoxic drugs, or a pre-existing disease. Pneumocystis carinii, that causes pneumonia in patients with AIDS, is an example.
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