Why are superinfections unrelated to the first infection?

Why are superinfections unrelated to the first infection?

Such infections are unrelated to the first infection for which the antibiotic was originally taken. Instead it is the antibiotic treatment that makes the second infection possible because it disturbs the normal microbiome in the body.

Which is an example of a superinfecting organism?

The superinfecting organism is usually one which is resistant to the drugs being used in the treatment of the original infection. an infection added to one already present. A condition in which a patient with a contagious disease acquires a second infection, as when a patient with granuloma inguinale is also infected with syphilis.

When does superinfection complicate the course of antimicrobial therapy?

Superinfection can complicate the course of antimicrobial therapy when the organisms causing the new infection are resistant to the drugs being used to treat the first infection.

Can a superinfection cause diarrhea and death?

Superinfections range from mild infections that do not need further treatment to very severe infections that can lead to death Clostridioides difficile can cause severe, even deadly, diarrhea.

Such infections are unrelated to the first infection for which the antibiotic was originally taken. Instead it is the antibiotic treatment that makes the second infection possible because it disturbs the normal microbiome in the body.

The superinfecting organism is usually one which is resistant to the drugs being used in the treatment of the original infection. an infection added to one already present. A condition in which a patient with a contagious disease acquires a second infection, as when a patient with granuloma inguinale is also infected with syphilis.

What causes bacterial superinfection in the airway?

Exudative plaques can slough & lead to obstruction of airway (much like historic airway obstructions with Corynebacterium diphtheriae ) Bacterial tracheitis is a bacterial superinfection of a previous tracheal (croup, influenza virus) viral process and is usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

Superinfections range from mild infections that do not need further treatment to very severe infections that can lead to death Clostridioides difficile can cause severe, even deadly, diarrhea.