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Preferred term

Superinfection  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A frequent complication of drug therapy for microbial infection. It may result from opportunistic colonization following immunosuppression by the primary pathogen and can be influenced by the time interval between infections, microbial physiology, or host resistance. Experimental challenge and in vitro models are sometimes used in virulence and infectivity studies.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Microbial Superinvasion
  • Superinvasion, Microbial

In other languages

  • French

  • Envahissement microbien
  • Surinfection microbienne

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DHGDP970-B

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