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competent

Law (of a witness) having legal capacity; qualified to testify, etc.

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Infection in the immune-competent host--In humans, asymptomatic or benign toxoplasmosis is the rule in immune competent patients.

SEROPREVALENCE OF IgG TOXOPLASMA IN HIV INFECTED PATIENTS

Due to their low virulence, disease is rare in the immune competent patient.

Sporadic actinomycosis of the hip complicated by Central Nervous System infection

dermatitidis infection of a prosthetic aortic valve and aortic graft in an immune competent patient.

Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis and Prosthetic Graft Infection in an Immune Competent Patient

One previous study reported a detection of 5' terminally deleted CV-B2 populations ranging in size from 22 to 36 nt in cardiac tissues taken from an immune competent patient in Japan who died of fulminant myocarditis (3).

Major persistent 5' terminally deleted coxsackievirus B3 populations in human endomyocardial tissues