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compromised host |
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compromised host, a person who is less than normally able to resist infection because of immunosuppressive therapy, immunologic defect, severe anemia, or concurrent disease or condition, including human immunodeficiency virus infection, metastatic malignancy, cachexia, or severe malnutrition. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Allescheria (Petriellidium) boydii sinusitis in a compromised host. Jay Fishman, MD, president of the American Society of Transplantation and director of the Transplant Infectious Disease & Compromised Host Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, issued a report immediately following news of the rabies transmission associated with organs donated by an infected donor. Some reports have talked about a network of 100,000 compromised hosts participating in these attacks. |
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