ADJECTIVE
- unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy
How To Use immunocompromised In A Sentence
- Our case emphasizes the possibility of deep dermatophytic infections in immunocompromised patients.
- Science-based medical doctors know from the evidence that there are genital and oral (thrush) yeast infections, and that there is also a systemic form of chronic candidiasis that can occur in immunocompromised patients, such as those suffering from AIDS, mono and cancer. 2010 March « Biodork
- In immunocompromised patients, disseminated fungal infections may produce nodular lesions.
- Immunosuppressed or immunocompromised patients are at higher risk for contracting waterborne infections.
- They rarely cause invasive disease, but can invade and disseminate in immunocompromised patients.
- In addition, although airway perforation can be a serious complication of laser therapy in a normal host, it may be devastating in the immunocompromised patient.
- Family physicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for necrotizing external otitis in immunocompromised patients who have external otitis.
- The diagnosis is particularly challenging, because serology and skin testing are not reliable in immunocompromised patients, emphasizing the need for accurate histologic identification.
- The oral drug is indicated for use in immunocompromised patients for maintenance treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis.
- In elderly, asplenic, or immunocompromised patients a severe malaria-like illness with hemoglobinuria, hemolytic anemia, and renal failure can occur.