5. Organ Transplants
When people have an organ transplant, they are at risk for a lot of different complications. Many of them have to take immune suppressant drugs that prevent the body from identifying the transplanted organ as something foreign, and attack and kill. This puts them at risk of developing an infection. The initial surgery to transplant the organ also gives bacteria like Enterococcus Faecalis a chance to enter the body.
Since the immune system isn’t functioning properly, it can’t fight off the infection, and the bacteria can easily spread through the body. They may even already be present on the organ being transplanted. Once the bacteria is in the body, it can multiply and lead to a variety of different symptoms.
A person may become severely ill after a transplant because they cannot take the appropriate medication to fight off the infection, and their own immune system isn’t able to do so either.