The procurement section only shows drugs that have treatment for opportunistic infections, but does not indicate what drugs are.
Immunosuppression caused by drug abuse may increase the susceptibility to opportunistic infections, while drug abusers' lifestyles also increase exposure risk to infectious pathogens.
opportunistic infection
TB occurs earlier in the course of HIV infection than many other opportunistic infections.
In particular, some opportunistic infections may be unmasked shortly after the beginning of HAART as the immune system starts to recover, and these may require specific treatment.
a secondary infection caused by an opportunistic infection.
As the cell count drops, the immune system begins to fail and opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis take hold.
These infections would usually be fought off by a healthy immune system, but a low CD4 cell count means opportunistic infections such as PCP (a type of pneumonia) can be life-threatening.
Analysis of the relationship between hyponatremia,hypopotassamia and the complication of opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS patients
Chronic fatigue, joint pain, and opportunistic infection spells cancer.
an opportunistic infection causing a serious form of pneumonia.
Toxoplasmosis is an important opportunistic infectious disease caused by parasite protozoan toxoplasma gondii.
A combination of symptoms, including fever, lymphadenopathy, blood abnormalities, and susceptibility to opportunistic infect complex was first considered to be a precursor to AIDS, but it is now thought of as a milder form of the disease.
For people who have already contracted an opportunistic infection and undergone successful treatment, secondary prophylaxis may be advisable to prevent recurrence.