Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D015163
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D015163
Preferred Name

Superinfection

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Superinvasions, Microbial
Superinvasion, Microbial
Superinfections
Microbial Superinvasions
Microbial Superinvasion
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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