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A secondary infection is an infection that occurs during or after treatment of another, already existing infection. It may result from the treatment itself or from alterations in the immune system.
For example, a vaginal yeast infection that occurs after antibiotic treatment of a bacterial infection is a secondary infection. The development of bacterial pneumonia following a viral upper respiratory infection is another example.
What else can I help you with?
Can you get a secondary infection after amoxicillin?
yes, yeast infections.
What happens in secondary strep infections?
Secondary strep infections invade tissue already weakened by injury or illness. They frequently affect the bones, ears, eyes, joints, or intestines.
Has penicillin helped cure cancer?
Penicillin is effective against secondary infections of cancer. It is no cure for cancer.
What carbohydrate intolerances are classified as secondary?
These include protein deficiency, celiac disease, and some intestinal infections.
Why are antibiotics given to swine when they are suffering with swine flu?
To prevent secondary bacterial or viral infections, such as pneumonia.
Can you die from threadworms?
No, unless there are complications due to secondary bacterial infections due to torn skin from itching.
What is the difference between primary and secondary infection?
A primary infection occurs when the body is exposed to a pathogen for the first time, while a secondary infection happens when a different pathogen infects a body already weakened by a primary infection. Primary infections may lead to the development of immunity, while secondary infections can occur in individuals with compromised immune systems.
Why do doctors prescibe antibiotics for viral infections when antibiotics are supposed to be for bacterial infections?
Sometimes doctors will prescribe them to either prevent or treat a secondary infection. Some examples are lung or ear infections that may develop as a result of an initial viral infection.
What is mupirocin ointtment used for?
Mupirocin ointment is used to treat certain skin infections caused by bacteria, such as impetigo, folliculitis, and secondary infections from wounds or cuts. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria on the skin, helping to heal the infection.
Why do antibiotics have an effect on Swine Flu?
They do not have an effect on swine flu, but can be helpful if a secondary bacterial infection occurs with the flu or after the flu. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses. The flu is caused by viruses. Antibiotics are for treating infections by bacteria, not for treating infections by viruses.
Why do flu patients get secondary infections?
The immune system can have difficulty dealing with more than one type of germ at a time, so when it is busy fighting the flu, other microbes like bacteria can get a foothold. The problems a patient with the flu can have clearing phlegm from their lungs also allows opportunity for microbes (germs) to grow in the moist lung bases. Secondary pneumonia, either viral or bacterial, is the most common secondary infection in the flu.
What was the cause of deaths in World War I?
Besides the obvious injuries and deaths, most deaths were the result of infection, dysentery, diarrhoea, secondary infections, pneumonia, and TB.
