"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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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Opportunistic Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Serum Cytomegalovirus Polymerase Chain Reaction Test Is a Valuable Negative Predictor of Infection in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 Mar; 68(3):897-901.
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Clinical diversity of invasive cryptococcosis in AIDS patients from central China: report of two cases with review of literature. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 27; 19(1):1003.
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Common and Not-So-Common Comorbidities of Psoriasis. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2018 Feb; 37(2S):S48-S51.
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Long-term safety of adalimumab in clinical trials in adult patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018 01; 47(2):219-228.
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Characterization of Demodex musculi Infestation, Associated Comorbidities, and Topographic Distribution in a Mouse Strain with Defective Adaptive Immunity. Comp Med. 2017 Aug 01; 67(4):315-329.
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Is Promoting Gut Microbial Diversity in Neonatal Enterocolitis the NECst Step? Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Dec; 60(12):3499-501.
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Opportunistic cutaneous fungal infections in the inpatient setting. Int J Dermatol. 2016 Apr; 55(4):e223-6.
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Role of intestinal microbiota in transplantation outcomes. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol. 2015 Jun-Sep; 28(2-3):155-61.
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Cutaneous Necrotic Papule as Invasive Aspergillosis in a Heart Transplant Patient. Skinmed. 2015 Jul-Aug; 13(4):329-30.
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Preventing infections during cancer treatment: development of an interactive patient education website. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2014 Aug; 18(4):426-31.