superinfection

Examples

• All

• Before corticosteroids became available, the mortality of this disease was high because of fluid loss and superinfection.

  Academic text (2007)

• Discharge may be serious or, if bacterial superinfection has occurred (79% of cases), thick and mucoid or purulent.

  Academic text (2005)

• Patients were encouraged not to treat recurrences but to keep them clean and dry and to report any signs of superinfection.

  Academic text (1991)

• There were no cases of recurrence, reinfection, or superinfection.

  Academic text (2003)

• Total skin electron beam radiation resulted in partial response, complicated by multiple bacterial superinfections.

  Academic text (2007)

• In such a case, the presence of the new pathogen does not represent persistence; rather, it represents a superinfection or reinfection, depending on when the new pathogen appeared.

  Academic text (2003)

• With coinfection, the clinical course is usually self-limiting because the HDV cannot outlive the transient HBV infection, but with a superinfection, the attack can be very severe.

  Academic text (1994)

• SOT and HSCT recipients have increased rates of HZ and are at increased risk for complications of HZ, including post-herpetic neuralgia and bacterial superinfection.

  Academic text (2017)

• The doctor explained that a superinfection can occur if a new pathogen infects an area already affected by another infection.

• Antibiotic misuse can lead to a superinfection, making it harder to treat the original illness effectively.

Synonyms

S

suprainfection

vssuperinfection

• Specialized

9.9

A new infection after antibiotics caused by germs that resist treatment

occurs during treatment more generally, often from a different pathogen rather than flora change

How Many

superinfection

• Specialized

1 7.8

coinfection

• Specialized

1 6.7

infection

• Specialized

553 3.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology