Superinfection
"Superinfection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D015163
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.597.880 C02.597.880 C03.684.880
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| Concept/Terms |
Superinfection- Superinfection
- Superinfections
- Superinvasion, Microbial
- Microbial Superinvasion
- Microbial Superinvasions
- Superinvasions, Microbial
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