loading...| Preferred Name |
Unusual infection |
| Definitions |
A type of infection that is regarded as a sign of a pathological susceptibility to infection. There are five general subtypes. (i) Opportunistic infection, meaning infection by a pathogen that is not normally able to cause infection in a healthy host (e.g., pneumonia by Pneumocystis jirovecii or CMV); (ii) Unusual location (focus) of an infection (e.g., an aspergillus brain abscess); (iii) a protracted course or lack of adequate response to treatment (e.g., chronic rhinosinusitis); (iv) Unusual severity or intensity of an infection; and (v) unusual recurrence of infections. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0032101 |
| definition |
A type of infection that is regarded as a sign of a pathological susceptibility to infection. There are five general subtypes. (i) Opportunistic infection, meaning infection by a pathogen that is not normally able to cause infection in a healthy host (e.g., pneumonia by Pneumocystis jirovecii or CMV); (ii) Unusual location (focus) of an infection (e.g., an aspergillus brain abscess); (iii) a protracted course or lack of adequate response to treatment (e.g., chronic rhinosinusitis); (iv) Unusual severity or intensity of an infection; and (v) unusual recurrence of infections. |
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| label |
Unusual infection |
| prefixIRI |
HP:0032101 |
| prefLabel |
Unusual infection |
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