A patient asks a nurse what an AIDS-related opportunistic infection is. Which should be the nurse's reply?
a. "This infection is a first-generation metabolic infection."
b. "This infection is a toxic effect of the virus."
c. "This infection is from damage to the body's immune system."
d. "This infection is from an enlarged gallbladder."
ANS: C
An opportunistic infection develops because of the damage to the body's immune system, leaving the body unable to protect itself from certain other infections.
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