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Opportunistic infections are infections caused by organisms and usually don't cause disease in a person with a healthy immune system, but can affect people with a poorly functioning or suppressed immune system because of immunodeficiency or immunosuppression caused by:

malnutrition
recurrent infections
organ transplant recipients
chemotherapy for cancer
AIDS or HIV-infection
Genetic predisposition

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	'''Opportunistic infections''' are infections ~~that~~ usually don't cause disease in a person with a healthy [[immune system]], but can affect people with a poorly functioning or suppressed [[immune system]] because of [[immunodeficiency]] or [[immunosuppression]] caused by:		'''Opportunistic infections''' are infections caused by organisms and usually don't cause disease in a person with a healthy [[immune system]], but can affect people with a poorly functioning or suppressed [[immune system]] because of [[immunodeficiency]] or [[immunosuppression]] caused by:

	*malnutrition		*malnutrition