immunocompromised
IPA: ɪmjunʌkˈɑmprʌmaɪzd
adjective
- (immunology) Having an immune system that has been impaired by disease or treatment.
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Examples of "immunocompromised" in Sentences
- More common in immunocompromised and in children.
- It can be used in some immunocompromised patients.
- However in strongly immunocompromised patients, e.g.
- Immunocompromised patients are also at elevated risk.
- Thus resulting in birds that are totally immunocompromised.
- It is possible for it to occur in an immunocompromised patient.
- Serious fungal infections often occur in immunocompromised e.g.
- This is a useful diagnostic test for immunocompromised patients.
- A subset of the immunocompromised population is people with AIDS.
- Present mainly in cattle and humans with an immunocompromised disorder, e.g.
- HHV-8 causes a cancer called Kaposi’s Sarcoma in immunocompromised individuals.
- My babies need your protection, my immunocompromised sister needs your protection.
- As for me, and speaking for people with infants, that are pregnant and immunocompromised, please get the H1N1 vaccine.
- High risk groups include women with a history of high grade dysplasia, immunocompromised people and men who have sex with men.
- The vaccine is being given to people at higher risk: those with underlying health conditions, those who are immunocompromised etc etc and health workers.
- “What about Bactrim?” he asks, wondering if Harold is being covered for PCP, a pneumonia caused by a bacteria that can flourish in anyone who is immunocompromised.
- Severe clinical outcomes are associated with at-risk populations such as immunocompromised individuals where complications caused by infection can disrupt primary treatment regimens and even lead to death.
- 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.