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opportunistic infection

infection caused by pathogens that take advantage of an opportunity not normally available
Class type of: superinfection, immunodeficiency-related disorder Q835718

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
class of disease
Subclass of
superinfection, immunodeficiency-related disorder[2][3]
Described by source
The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[4]
Drug or therapy used for treatment
ganciclovir[6]
Health specialty
infectious diseases[5]
P14541
1xK93j[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en opportunistic infections en opportunistic infection ar عدوى انتهازية ar العدوى الانتهازية ar الممرضة الانتهازية cs oportunní mikroorganismy cs oportunní infekce de opportunistische Infektion el Ευκαιριακή λοίμωξη es infección oportunista es Oportunista es Enfermedad oportunista es Infecciones oportunistas es Infeccion oportunista fa عفونت فرصت‌طلب fa عفونت فرصت طلب fr Infection opportuniste fr maladie opportuniste fr Maladies opportunistes he זיהום אופורטוניסטי
🔖 Identifiers · 20
OpenAlex ID
C2909201284, C2779196057, C3020434087
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
BpsMH.JPG ↗
BabelNet ID
00059189n
CAB ID
187258
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
245321
Freebase ID
/m/064f44
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2691219
Human Phenotype Ontology ID
HP:0031690
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
2143513892
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
opportunistic-infections
MeSH descriptor ID
D009894
MeSH tree code
C01.597
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779196057, 2910532346
PSH ID
12597
Quora topic ID
Opportunistic-Infections
Store medisinske leksikon ID
opportunistisk_infeksjon
Topic's main category
Category:Opportunistic infections
UMLS CUI
C0029118
Wellcome Collection concept ID
mbaquq6u
WikiProjectMed ID
Opportunistic infection

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 2
strongyloidiasis, auto-infection
← Symptoms and signs 2
HIV/AIDS, common variable immunodeficiency
Drug or therapy used for treatment 1
ganciclovir
Health specialty 1
infectious diseases
Instance of 1
disease
Subclass of 1
superinfection
← Medical condition treated 1
ganciclovir
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Summary

opportunistic infection is a class of disease[1].

Related Entities

disease infectious diseases

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'he',
    Human Phenotype Ontology ID → HP:0031690
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · فيصل · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)"
  3. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1xK93j
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty → infectious diseases
    Subclass of → superinfection, immunodeficiency-related disorder
    Instance of → class of disease
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39873|batch #39873]]: P31 = "type of disease""
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