Opptunistic infections

What are the types of o.infections associated with acquired neutropenia?
- Staphylococci
- Gram-negative bacteria
What are the types of o.infections associated with malnutrition?
- Measles in children
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in adults
What are the types of o.infections associated with leukemia?

Encapsulated bacteria
High dose corticosteroid therapy.
- Candidiasis
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
- CMV infection,
- Mycobacterial infection
- Non-typhi Salmonella
- Septicaemia
- Cryptococcosis
Name 8 types of opportunistic infections seen in AIDS patients.
- PPPCCCCHHTT:
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia which occurs in 50% of patients with full-blown AIDS
- Papovaviruses
- Pyogenic bacterial infections
- Candida
- Cytomegalovirus
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Cryptosporidium
- Typical and atypical mycobacteria
- Toxoplasma gondii
- Herpes simplex virus
- Histoplasma capsulatum
What are 3 neoplasms found in AIDS patients?
- Kaposi’s sarcoma
- Aggressive B-cell NHL
- SCC of the uterine cervix

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Opptunistic infections

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Opptunistic infections

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2010-11-18T10:07:53Z

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