NEUROLOGY
SURGERY
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Superinfection is suspected when a subsequent infection occurs with another bacterium during antibiotic therapy.
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Hypoxemia that does not respond to supplemental oxygen
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Superinfection is suspected when a subsequent infection occurs.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -superinfection. noun. su·per·in·fec·tion-in-ˈfek-shən. : a second infection superimposed on an earlier one especially by a different microbial agent of exogenous or endogenous origin that is resistant to the treatment used against the first infection.
Detailed explanation-2: -Superinfection is the process by which a cell that has previously been infected by one virus gets co-infected with a different strain of the virus, or another virus, at a later point in time.
Detailed explanation-3: -One reason to avoid taking unnecessary antibiotics is that antibiotic treatment puts you at risk for additional infections-so called superinfections. Such infections are unrelated to the first infection for which the antibiotic was originally taken.
Detailed explanation-4: -After antibiotic therapy is initiated (e.g. especially with a broad spectrum antibiotic that affects most bacteria), the drug-sensitive bacteria are readily killed allowing the drug-insensitive population to amplify over time, due to the lack of competition for resources necessary for growth.