opportunistic infection 機會性感染

opportunistic infection
繁：機會性感染
简：机会性感染

其後進入病毒潛伏期，病毒會不斷破壞免疫系統，減低患者的抵抗力，使患者受到一些通常不會致病的病菌感染，或稱「機會性感染」而變成愛滋病，發病時間視乎帶菌者的生活和服藥習慣。根據香港衛生署資料，大約一半感染者會在10年內發病，變為愛滋病患者。

時事議題：破除愛滋迷思（2016年12月15日）。明報（加西版），取自 http://www.mingpaocanada.com/VAN/htm/News/20161215/HK-gfg1_er_r.htm

“The best time to start ART (antiretroviral therapy) is before patients become unwell or develop their first opportunistic infection,” the WHO said, referring to diseases such as tuberculosis which prey on weakened immune systems.

FACTBOX: WHO issues new recommendations for HIV patients. (2009, November 30). Reuters. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aids-drugs-factbox/factbox-who-issues-new-recommendations-for-hiv-patients-idUKTRE5AT00P20091130