Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Newcastle General Hospital, NE4 6BE, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2010;659:1-18. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0981-7_1.
Infections in the immunocompromised differ significantly from those in the immunocompetent. They can be more serious, more often life threatening, more difficult to diagnose and are caused by more unusual organisms. Children can be immunocompromised for a variety of reasons and the numbers, worldwide, are growing.
免疫功能低下者的感染与免疫功能正常者的感染有显著差异。它们可能更严重,更经常危及生命,更难诊断,并且由更不常见的病原体引起。儿童可能因多种原因而免疫功能低下,而且全球范围内的此类儿童数量正在增加。