A patient with an indwelling catheter develops a fever and lethargy.In addition,the urine in the catheter bag has turned a brownish color and is foul-smelling,which indicates an infection.What type of infection does this describe?

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An opportunistic infection occurs when a host's condition changes and resident florae are able to cause disease.Pathogenic describes the types of organisms that cause disease,but not a type of infection.A parasitic infection occurs when an organism invades a host and only the organism benefits from the biologic relationship.An iatrogenic infection occurs as the result of medical treatment or procedures.In this case,the use of an indwelling catheter to treat a medical condition has resulted in an infection.

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