coinfection
Simultaneous pathogen invasion
Coinfection is the simultaneous presence of two or more infectious agents in a host.
A patient might have coinfection with HIV and hepatitis C, or a tick bite might transmit coinfection with Lyme disease and babesiosis.
The term matters clinically because coinfections can complicate diagnosis and treatment: Coinfection with influenza and COVID-19 worsened outcomes.
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
- parasitesOrganisms feeding off hosts
- protozoanUnicellular eukaryotic life form
opportunistic · superinfection · mixed · HIV · hepatitis · tuberculosis · malaria · syphilis
Struggle for supremacy
- synergismCombined effect exceeding individual contributions
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- facilitationMaking tasks easier
- immunosuppressionReduced bodily defense activation
susceptibility · virulence · pathogenesis · microbiome · colonization · sequential · simultaneous
Simultaneous presence of diseases
- concurrentHappening at once
- dualHaving two parts
- secondaryLesser in rank
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
diagnosis · immunocompromised · treatment · prognosis · synergy · interaction · exacerbation · complications
State of being widespread
- incidenceRate of occurrence
- transmissionSending of information
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
cohort · longitudinal · cross-sectional · endemic · pandemic · biostatistics · etiologic · contact-tracing
bacteria
Nucleus-free single-celled organisms
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
- parasitesOrganisms feeding off hosts
protozoan · opportunistic · superinfection · mixed · HIV · hepatitis · tuberculosis · malaria · syphilis · herpes
competition
Struggle for supremacy
- synergismCombined effect exceeding individual contributions
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- facilitationMaking tasks easier
immunosuppression · susceptibility · virulence · pathogenesis · microbiome · colonization · sequential · simultaneous
comorbidity
Simultaneous presence of diseases
- concurrentHappening at once
- dualHaving two parts
- secondaryLesser in rank
syndrome · diagnosis · immunocompromised · treatment · prognosis · synergy · interaction · exacerbation · complications · mortality
prevalence
State of being widespread
- incidenceRate of occurrence
- transmissionSending of information
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
surveillance · cohort · longitudinal · cross-sectional · endemic · pandemic · biostatistics · etiologic · contact-tracing · cluster
- Hepatitishepatitis B, hepatitis C, chronic hepatitis, viral hepatitis, hep A
- Phagesphage, T4, lambda, lambda phage, T2
- Lyme diseaseLyme disease, tick bite, deer tick, bullseye rash, spirochete
coinfectionsterility
Absence of microbes or fertility
asepsis · disease-free · health · pathogen-free · healthy
infect, infection, infected, infectious, disinfectant, disinfected, infecting, infects, infections