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opportunistic infection

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1. n. any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs) Source: wordnet

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patients abnormally AIDS cause caused disease drugs functioning humans immune immunosuppressive infection microorganism normally occurs persons receiving systems transplant

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