Superinfection

Preferred Label : Superinfection;

NCIt definition : A secondary infection that occurs during an existing infection, or immediately following a previous infection, especially when caused by microorganisms that are resistant or have become resistant to the antibiotics used earlier.;

Details

Origin ID

C177386;

UMLS CUI

C0038826;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- coinfection [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Infection superimposed [MedDRA LLT]
- Superimposed infection (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Superinfection [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Superinfection [PASCAL descriptor]
- secondary infections [MeSH concept]
- superimposed infection [SNOMED Notion]
- superinfection [MeSH Descriptor]
- superinfection [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Infection superimposed [MedDRA LLT]
- Superimposed infection (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Superinfection [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- superimposed infection [SNOMED Notion]
- superinfection [MeSH Descriptor]
- superinfection [MeSH concept]

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