"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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 32 | 16 | 48 |
| 2018 | 32 | 10 | 42 |
| 2019 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Opportunistic Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Mucormycosis - An opportunistic infection in the aged immunocompromised individual: A reason for concern in COVID-19. Maturitas. 2021 12; 154:58-61.
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Long-Term Safety of Rituximab (Risks of Viral and Opportunistic Infections). Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2021 07 16; 23(9):74.
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Rhino-orbital-cerebral-mucormycosis in COVID-19: A systematic review. Indian J Pharmacol. 2021 Jul-Aug; 53(4):317-327.
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"Black fungus": a perspective on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated rhino-orbital mucormycosis epidemic in India. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2021 08; 11(8):1278-1279.
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Conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections (virtual): March 6-10, 2021. EBioMedicine. 2021 Jun; 68:103428.
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Prevention of infective complications in systemic lupus erythematosus: A systematic literature review for the APLAR consensus statements. Int J Rheum Dis. 2021 Jul; 24(7):880-895.
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[Tubercular panuveitis, can SARS-CoV-2 re-emerge opportunistic diseases?] Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol. 2021 Jul-Aug; 56(4):250-251.
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Mucormycosis after Coronavirus disease 2019 infection in a heart transplant recipient - Case report and review of literature. J Mycol Med. 2021 Jun; 31(2):101125.
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Post COVID-19 opportunistic candida retinitis: A case report. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Apr; 69(4):987-989.
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Fulminant mucormycosis complicating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2021 06; 11(6):1029-1030.