Opportunistic microbial infections and their importance in general pathology
Fabiani, G.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 54(13-16): 509-515
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 211594 Document Number: 136669
Opportunist germs are commensal bacteria or fungi of the skin and mucosae or saprophytes of the external media, which become virulent when general or local resistance of the organism is lowered. Under the influence of favouring factors, mainly certain drugs, infections due to opportunist germs are becoming more and more frequent, mainly in hospitals, constant or occasional contact of man with these bacteria make diagnosis and prophylaxis of their infections difficult.