TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 7. Deficiencies of the Host Response A1 - Chandrasoma, Parakrama A1 - Taylor, Clive R. PY - 1998 T2 - Concise Pathology, 3e AB - The nonspecific inflammatory response and the immune response act synergistically in defense against infection. Deficits in either process often result in increased susceptibility to attack by pathogenic microorganisms, manifested clinically as recurrent or intractable infection or as an opportunistic infection, ie, infection by a pathogen of low virulence that does not cause disease in a normal host. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=183802 ER -