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Bacterial organisms even of low virulence may cause local or disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients. In these patients the inflammatory response is impaired with masking of signs and symptoms. Various immunocompromised states lead to enhanced vulnerability to bacterial infections:

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  1. Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

    Ramesh K. Gupta

  2. Department of Histopathology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Pallav Gupta

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  1. Sanjay Gandhi PG Inst of Medical Science, Department Pathology Sanjay Gandhi PG Inst of Medical Science, Lucknow, India

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  2. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Department of Histopathology Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Pallav Gupta

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Gupta, R.K., Gupta, P. (2017). Opportunistic Bacterial Infections. In: Gupta, R., Gupta, P. (eds) Pathology of Opportunistic Infections . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1669-1_2

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