Sentences with phrase «fatal opportunistic infections»
Current therapies for autoimmune disease, such as prednisone and rituximab, suppress large parts of the immune system, leaving patients vulnerable to potentially fatal opportunistic infections and cancers.
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This exhaustion may lead to immunosuppression, which can also have fatal consequences due to increased susceptibility to secondary, opportunistic infections.
Although it is usually not fatal, infected cats have a weakened immune system and are vulnerable to opportunistic infections.