"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Opportunistic Infections" by people in this website by year, and whether "Opportunistic Infections" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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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 03; 68(3):897-901.
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Emergency Department Management of Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients: Unique Immunologic and Hemodynamic Challenges. J Emerg Med. 2022 02; 62(2):154-162.
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Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline for Immunizations in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)-Part 2: Inactivated Vaccines. Gastroenterology. 2021 08; 161(2):681-700.
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Risk factors associated with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in juvenile myositis in North America. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 02 01; 60(2):829-836.
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Risk of Infections and Cancer in Patients With Rheumatologic Diseases Receiving Interleukin Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 10 02; 2(10):e1913102.
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Ciprofloxacin for BK viremia prophylaxis in kidney transplant recipients: Results of a prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Transplant. 2019 06; 19(6):1831-1837.
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Trichosporonosis in Pediatric Patients With a Hematologic Disorder. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 Aug 17; 7(3):199-204.
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Disseminated Nocardiosis Associated with Treatment with Infliximab in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis. Am J Case Rep. 2017 Dec 21; 18:1365-1369.
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HHV-6 in liver transplantation: A literature review. Liver Int. 2018 02; 38(2):210-223.
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Herpes Zoster During Immunosuppressive Therapy For Autoimmune Diseases. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2017 Jul-Sep; 29(3):481-485.