Please discuss reasonable precautions to take to prevent infections when immunosuppressed.

Patients immunosuppressed due to treatment for vasculitis do not need to take extraordinary precautions to avoid infection, the way patients with severe AIDS or recent bone-marrow transplants do. Participation in employment and recreational activities are strongly encouraged. It is probably wise to avoid undercooked meat and a few very specific activities: travel to a country with a high rate of tuberculosis, extensive rehab of an old house, cleaning a central air-conditioning system, exploration of caves inhabited by bats, extensive exposure to soil in the southwest US or Ohio river valley.

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