How are pathogenic microorganisms different from opportunistic microorganisms?
A. Pathogenic microorganisms are viruses and opportunistic microorganisms are bacteria.
B. Pathogenic microorganisms are invasive and opportunistic microorganisms live on body surfaces.
C. Pathogenic microorganisms are responsible for life-threatening illnesses that must be treated and opportunistic microorganisms are responsible for diseases that re-solve spontaneously.
D. Pathogenic microorganisms cause symptomatic disease upon exposure in people who are immunocompetent as well in those who are immunodeficient, whereas opportunistic organisms only cause symptomatic disease in people who are im-munodeficient.
D
Opportunistic infections are those caused by organisms that are present as part of the normal en-vironment and are kept in check by normal immune function. Only when immune function is depressed are such organisms capable of causing infection.
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