The precise type of opportunistic infection (bacterial, viral, fungal, or protozoan/parasitic) that occurs depends on the type and extent of immunologic alteration, whether it is cellular, humoral, phagocytic, or a combined defect; and on organisms present inside and outside the body.
Definition of clammy. clammier. ; clammiest. 1 : being damp, soft, sticky, and usually cool cold clammy hands clammy air. 2 : lacking normal human warmth the clammy atmosphere of an institution.
It is a skin condition in which you have an itchy rash after you go swimming or wading. It is also known as cercarial dermatitis, clam diggers itch, and duck itch. You can get swimmerâs itch from freshwater ponds and lakes. Occasionally you can get it from salt water.