Immunosuppression
Immunosuppression:
Risks to people with compromised immune systems.
Introduction:
People with reduced immune systems are at risk for numerous diseases.
Immune deficiency can arise as a medical condition,
such as HIV or other chronic illnesses.
Certain medications also reduce immune function
including immunosuppressants (their purpose is to reduce immune function),
transplant patients
and chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
The elderly and newborns are also considered at risk
with reduce immune function.
See also HIV, cancer and elderly.
Condition count:
54;
see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes:
HIV-AIDS (19)
Risk factors:
Risk Factor Center,
risk factor list
Conditions list:
The following list of conditions
have 'Immunosuppression' or similar
listed as a risk factor in our database:
A
Aspergillosis
... immunocompromise, HIV, hematopoietic stem cell transplant, granulocytopenia, organ transplant recipientsAvascular necrosis
... chemotherapyB
Bacterial meningitis
... immune compromiseC
Candidiasis
... AIDS, immunocompromise, transplant patients, immunosuppressive medicationsCervical Cancer
... immunodeficiencyCoccidioidomycosis
... HIV infection, immunocompromised personsCryptococcosis
... Immunocompromised persons, HIV infectionsCryptosporiosis
... immunocompromiseD
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli
... immunocompromiseE
Ehrlichiosis
... immunocompromise, transplant patients, immunosuppresive therapies, HIV, cancer chemotherapyEndocarditis
... immunodeficiencyF
Flu
... immunocompromiseFood poisoning
... immunocompromiseFungal infections
... AIDS, immunocompromiseFungal meningitis
... immunocompromisedG
Group A Streptococcal Infections
... immunosuppressed, chemotherapyGroup B Streptococcal Infections
... immunocompromiseI
Invasive candidiasis
... immunocompromiseInvasive group A Streptococcal disease
... immunosuppressed, chemotherapyK
Kaposi's Sarcoma
... AIDS, HIVL
Legionnaires' disease
... immunocompromise, immunosuppressive drugsLeukemia
... chemotherapyListeriosis
... adults with weakened immune systems, immunocompromiseM
Melanoma
... AIDS, transplant patients, immune deficiencyMelioidosis
... AIDS, immunocompromise, immune suppressed, chemotherapyMeningitis
... immune compromiseMeningococcal disease
... immune compromiseMolluscum contagiosum
... immunocompromiseMycobacterial infections
... immunocompromise, transplant patients, HIV, chemotherapyMycobacterium avium Complex
... immuno-compromised persons, HIV-infected personsN
Nocardiosis
... HIV infection, immunocompromised personsNon-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
... AIDS, transplant patients, immune deficiencyNosocomial infections
... immunodeficiency, severe underlying disease, chemotherapy, chemotherapyO
Oral thrush
... immune compromise, AIDS, HIV, immune deficiencyP
Pneumococcal meningitis
... immune compromisePneumococcal pneumonia
... AIDS, transplant patientsPneumococcus
... HIV infection, immunocompromisePneumonia
... immunocompromised, AIDSPontiac fever
... immunocompromise, immunosuppressive drugsPyelonephritis
... immunocompromise, immunosuppressant drugsQ
Q fever
... immunocompromisedR
Respiratory syncytial virus
... immunocompromisedS
Salmonella enteritidis
... immunocompromised personsSalmonella food poisoning
... immunocompromisedSepticemia
... immunocompromisedShingles
... AIDS, immune-suppressed peopleStaphylococcal infection
... immunocompromiseStreptococcal Infections
... immune suppression, chemotherapyT
Toxoplasmosis
... immunocompromiseTraveler's diarrhea
... immunosuppressed personsTuberculosis
... HIVV
Vaginal candidiasis
... immune suppressionVibrio parahaemolyticus
... immunocompromised personsVibrio vulnificus
... immunocompromised
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