The answer is opportunistic infection.
While hospitalized for severe malnutrition and a debilitating respiratory infection, an elderly patient developed a urinary tract infection. this is an example of an opportunistic infection
What is opportunistic infection?
Opportunistic infections (OIs) are infections that affect persons with impaired immune systems more frequently or more severely than they affect people with healthy immune systems. People with HIV are among those with compromised immune systems.
Numerous microorganisms can cause opportunistic infections (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites). Germs that cause OI can disperse in a number of ways, including the air, bodily fluids, contaminated food, and water. OIs such as candidiasis, Salmonella infection, toxoplasmosis, and tuberculosis are among those that patients with HIV may contract (TB). Detailed information on HIV-related OIs may be found in the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV.
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