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Opportunistic Bacterial Infectious Disease
A bacterial infectious disease that causes infection by bacteria in individuals whose host defense mechanisms have been compromised.
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Overview
Having HIV/AIDS weakens your body's immune system. It destroys the white blood cells that fight infection. This puts you at risk for opportunistic infections (OIs). OIs are serious infections that take advantage of your weak immune system. These infections are less common and less severe in healthy people. There are many types of OIs: Bacterial infections, including tuberculosis and a serious related disease, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) Viral infections, such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C Fungal infections, like yeast infections, cryptococcal meningitis, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and histoplasmosis Parasitic infections, such as crypto (cryptosporidiosis)…
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