Review the organisms that cause opportunistic mycoses and their predisposing factors by completing the sentence. In healthy hosts, this yeast is kept in check, but the risk of invasion increases with pregnancy, young age, immunodeficiency, and use of _____________.
> Pneumocystis jiroveci
> AIDS
> Aspergillus
> Thrush
> Candida albicans
> Antibiotics
> Cryptococcus
> Antibiotics
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What will be an ideal response?
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