| 释义 |
ˌsuperinˈfection Med.
[super- 15.]
a. An infection occurring after or on top of an earlier infection, esp. as a consequence of treatment of the latter by broad-spectrum antibiotic or other therapy.
b. The further infection of cells that are already infected with a similar organism, esp. as a technique in virology and immunology.
1922Stedman's Med. Dict. (ed. 7) 972/2 Superinfection,..a fresh infection added to one of the same nature already present. 1954Jrnl. Bacteriol. LXVII. 702/2 The type of phage produced after superinfection was studied both in mass culture and in single burst experiments. 1961Lancet 12 Aug. 352/2 Bacteræmia developed as a super⁓infection during antibiotic therapy. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xxvi. 459 While the incidence of superinfection is low with narrow-spectrum antibiotics such as penicillin, it is a common occurrence with tetracycline and other broad-spectrum antibiotics. 1981Virology CIX. 72/1 Superinfection of the nonproducer cells with EBV..is known to induce synthesis of EA and MA. |