The Infections after Medical Cares and the Liability

, Gook-Jin Moon

Original Article

Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 1985;9(Suppl DB Error: syntax error):70-75.

Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The limit of opportunistic infection is difficult to define because, under the right set of circumstances, almost any microorganism may cause infections which could be seen as opportunistic. In this interest of restricting the subject matter to a manageable Size, opportunistic pathogens are defined as microorganisms that rarely cause histoinvasive infection in an otherwise healthy host. Under appropriate predisposing host circumstances, opportunistic pathogens produce clinically significant, often life-threatening infections with a relatively high frequency. Therefore, discussed particularity of the infection after medical cares and increasing background, the risk factors, the frequency and legal treatment status of the infection after medical cares, and analysed the liabilities.