what is meant by oppurtunistic infection?
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Opportunistic infections are infections caused by organisms and usually do not cause disease in a person with a healthy immune system, but can affect people with a poorly functioning or suppressed immune system. They need an "opportunity" to infect a person.
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its infected you need it checked
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A pyogenic infection just means it's an infection producing pus. So, to diagnose any infection, you could take out the pus and send it to the laboratory for culture to see what organisms grow during the culture. In addition, if for example, the doctor thinks it could be a kidney infection, he/she could send a clean urine specimen for culture.  If the doctor thinks the bacteria can be found in the bloodstream, he/she could take some blood from you and send it off for culture. Then there are other investigations, for example, a chest x-ray where one can see some shadow in the chest x-ray which would suggest a chest infection. And so on.
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infections (bacterial + viral + parasitic + fungal)\nneoplasm\nmetabolic\nautoimmune
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Infection...Lots of pus-oozing, stinky infection.
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Generally speaking endophthalmitis is an inflammation of the uveal tract in the postrior segment of the eyeball, usually endogenous in origin and non-suppurative. Pan ophthalmitis, on the other hand, is a suppurative inflammation of all the inner structures of the eye and is usually exogenous. It may however start as endophthalmitis and may become pan ophthalmitis later on.\nIn non-suppurative inflammation, it is not always bad. There may be some degree of resolution following effective therapy both systemic and ocular. Some residual effects however persist like vitreous floaters and chorio-retinal scars.\nPrognosis of pan-ophthalmitis in most cases is very poor in spite of newer antibiotics and specific therapy being available for pyocyaneous and fungi. Condition is so aggressive that eye is as good as lost because result of therapeutic efforts are extremely limited.
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Direct quote (not my own words)\n\nToxoplasmosis is an important zoonotic disease. Around 30% of the adult population in the UK have serological evidence of infection but, as with cats, the vast majority of these human infections are either asymptomatic or result in only mild clinical disease. Of major concern however, is congenitally acquired toxoplasmosis. As noted above, this can only occur when a previously unexposed (non-immune) woman acquires toxoplasmosis during pregnancy. In this situation there is approximately a 40% chance that the foetus will acquire the infection, and in around 10% of these cases, severe neurological or ocular disease is present at birth. \n\nMost surveys show that owning a cat, or having direct contact with a cat does not constitute an increased risk of acquiring toxoplasmosis. Although cats are crucial in the life-cycle of T gondii , and are the only known source of oocysts present in the environment, it is stray and feral cats more than pet cats that are implicated in this. In the UK and other industrialised countries, it is mainly adolescent and adult humans who acquire infection with T gondii , and this is primarily correlated with the acquired habits of eating undercooked meat, and of poor meat hygiene. Ingestion of infected meat therefore appears to be the major source of human infection in the UK . \n\nFollowing a few sensible environmental and meat hygiene measures can greatly reduce the risk of human infection. \n\nCook all meat thoroughly to at least 70 degrees C \nWash hands, utensils and surfaces carefully after handling raw meat \nWash all vegetables carefully \nWear gloves when gardening in soil potentially contaminated by cat faeces \nEmpty cat litter trays daily, dispose of litter carefully and disinfect tray with boiling water. If this is done every day, even if a cat is excreting oocysts, they will not have sporulated and therefore will not be infectious by the time the litter is changed \nDiscourage pet cats from hunting and avoid feeding raw/undercooked meat \nCover any children's sandpits/boxes to prevent cats using them as a litter tray. \n \n\nFeline Advisory Bureau
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Opacity signifies that there is something in there.\nCould be a little bit of pneumonia going on there.\nTake the antibiotics, of course.
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Infection somewhere in the body.. You should get it taken care of before it turns into a much bigger problem!
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It is normal flora and is not very virulent at all in normal people, however in aids patinets it is a very common infection and can be their cause of death, through symptoms similar to mycobacterium tuberculosis.  Good question.
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Infection go to the doctor ok
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An infection maybe...
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There are viral infections such as the common cold, the flu, chickenpox, and many others.\n\nThere are bacteria infections such as strep throat, bronchitus, and many others.\n\nThere are fungal infections such as athlete's foot, and others (although most fungal infections are rare in otherwise healthy individuals).\n\nAnd there are paracites such as tapeworm, ringworm, and lice, as well as many others.\n\n_____________\nPathfinder is right that almost any infection can be fatal to an immunocompromised patient.  However, the conditions above are not considered life threatening under normal circumstances.  And I will say that I don't think there's ever been a fatal case of head lice.
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Asepsis is the practice to reduce or eliminate contaminants (such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites) from entering the operative field in surgery or medicine to prevent infection. Ideally, a field is "sterile" — free of contaminants — a situation that is difficult to attain. However, the goal is elimination of infection, not sterility.\n\nTypes: Medical and Surgical
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Welcome to OPP \n \nOPP® enables Europe's leading companies to optimise the performance of their people in order to improve organisational effectiveness. \n\nOpp is a city located in Covington County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 6,607.\n\nUS EPA Office of Pesticide Programs\n\nOffice of Polar Programs concerned with scientific research, and operational support of that research.\n\nThe Ontario Provincial Police/Police provinciale de l'Ontario\n\nOvine Progressive Pneumonia<<<\nOPP is caused by a lentivirus (lenti = slow), which is a member of a group of viruses called retroviruses (retro = reverse). This group of viruses; retroviruses, share a common characteristic in that they all utilize the hosts genetic machinery to replicate by incorporating their own reverse transcriptase enzyme. The retrovirus family of viruses cause slow progressive diseases that affect many species of animals and humans (AIDS). However, with some exceptions, most of these viruses are species specific (they only infect one or two closely related species). Experimentally, OPP has shown to infect goats. Lentiviruses can induce disease in many different organ systems and cause life long infections that may or may not cause death to the host. They do this by infecting and interfering with the host's immune system. This prevents the host immune system from clearing the infection, and makes it extremely difficult for scientist to develop vaccines for these viruses. Although studies show conflicting results, some breeds of sheep appear to be more susceptible than others to developing clinical signs to OPP virus, and some strains of the virus probably cause a more severe form of the disease. Sheep of the Texel, Border Leichester, and Finnish Landrace breeds appear to develop more frequent and more severe forms of the disease than do Columbia, Rambouillet, and Suffolk breeds. All breeds of sheep are susceptible to OPP viral infection. \n>>> PREVALENCE\nWith the exceptions of Australia and New Zealand OPP is present in all major sheep producing countries. In North America, infection is common in all breeds, sexes, and ages of sheep. Antibodies to OPP are not protective against the disease; therefore if an animal has antibodies to OPP after six months of age then they are considered infected with the OPP virus and are carriers of the virus. In the Western United States States, antibodies to the virus are more frequently found than in other parts of the United States. This could be do to the fact that there are more sheep in the Western United States than in other areas of the U.S.. It has also been proposed that incidence of the disease increase with the intensity of the operation; i.e. farm flocks may have a higher incidence of infection than range flocks. \n>>> CLINICAL SIGNS & ASSOCIATED LESIONS\nIn the early stages of infection no clinical signs of disease are apparent. This is because of the nature of the virus as discussed above. In fact, most animals do not exhibit clinical signs of disease. However, those animals that do exhibit clinical signs usually are at least two or more years of age. The clinical signs can manifest in many different ways and can be attributed to involvement of one or more organ systems. Often the clinical signs are accentuated by times of stress such as lambing. \n>>> EARLY STAGES OF INFECTION\nAs stated before most animals do not exhibit signs of infection until two years of age. One of the most apparent clinical signs first noticed by producers is a general loss of body condition. This is often referred to as "thin ewe syndrome." The weight loss progresses in the face of a normal appetite. The exact pathophysiology of this ill thrift is not understood, but it should be understood that it is not limited to ewes. \n>>> RESPIRATORY TRACT INVOLVEMENT\nInvolvement of the respiratory tract during the course of disease is common. The resp
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An opportunistic pathogen usually are anaerobic.  For instance, if your natural flora in the intestinal track is introduced to sterile areas of the body can become an opportunistic pathogen, such as a perforation in the intestinal wall, exposing a normally "good" bacteria to a steryl area, which wasnt intended for it. This can cause helpful bacteria to become dangerious. Is this helpful?
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One of the infections that is on the sharpest increase is oral STD's--gonnorrhea and chlamydia especially. If you're are a monogomist and he is as well, and you both are free, then you don't have to worry. Other than that I would stick to the flavoured condoms.