Concept information
Preferred term
Superinfection
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Microbial Superinvasion
- Microbial Superinvasions
- Superinvasion, Microbial
- Superinvasions, Microbial
Note
- opportunistic infect; IM; coord with specific infect (IM)
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 1989
In other languages
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Finnish
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superinfectio
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suprainfektio
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015163
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