title: Symposium on infections in the compromised host. The competent internal immune system.
abstract: As has been shown, each part of the body's immune system is an effectively functioning entity. Since the whole is so much greater than the sum of its parts, a deficit in any one system can seriously affect the function of the others leaving the host without protection against the multiplicity of external and internal challenges. Without appropriate intervention or preventive measures, serious infection and even death can result.
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007239:Infections / Q000276:immunology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology