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Superimposed infection

MedGen UID:
11659
•Concept ID:
C0038826
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Microbial Superinvasion; Microbial Superinvasions; Superinfection; Superinfections; Superinvasion, Microbial; Superinvasions, Microbial
SNOMED CT: Superadded infection (193198003); Suprainfection (193198003); Superimposed infection (193198003)

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. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSuperimposed infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnostic imaging of the diabetic foot: an EANM evidence-based guidance.
Lauri C, Noriega-Álvarez E, Chakravartty RM, Gheysens O, Glaudemans AWJM, Slart RHJA, Kwee TC, Lecouvet F, Panagiotidis E, Zhang-Yin J, Martinez JLL, Lipsky BA, Uccioli L, Signore A
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2024 Jul;51(8):2229-2246. Epub 2024 Mar 27 doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06693-y. PMID: 38532027Free PMC Article
Contemporary management of acute pancreatitis: What you need to know.
Palumbo R, Schuster KM
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2024 Jan 1;96(1):156-165. Epub 2023 Dec 11 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004143. PMID: 37722072
Treatment-induced mucositis in oncology.
Jasiewicz F, Qurban Z, Hughes C
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2022 Sep 2;83(9):1-8. Epub 2022 Sep 22 doi: 10.12968/hmed.2022.0324. PMID: 36193926

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnostic imaging of the diabetic foot: an EANM evidence-based guidance.
Lauri C, Noriega-Álvarez E, Chakravartty RM, Gheysens O, Glaudemans AWJM, Slart RHJA, Kwee TC, Lecouvet F, Panagiotidis E, Zhang-Yin J, Martinez JLL, Lipsky BA, Uccioli L, Signore A
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2024 Jul;51(8):2229-2246. Epub 2024 Mar 27 doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06693-y. PMID: 38532027Free PMC Article
COVID-19 vaccine associated demyelination & its association with MOG antibody.
Netravathi M, Dhamija K, Gupta M, Tamborska A, Nalini A, Holla VV, Nitish LK, Menon D, Pal PK, Seena V, Yadav R, Ravindranadh M, Faheem A, Saini J, Mahadevan A, Solomon T, Singh B
Mult Scler Relat Disord 2022 Apr;60:103739. Epub 2022 Mar 13 doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2022.103739. PMID: 35306244Free PMC Article
State-of-the-art review of secondary pulmonary infections in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
Chong WH, Saha BK, Ananthakrishnan Ramani, Chopra A
Infection 2021 Aug;49(4):591-605. Epub 2021 Mar 11 doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01602-z. PMID: 33709380Free PMC Article
Oral manifestations of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with unusual histomorphologic features.
AbdullGaffar B, Awadhi F
Ann Diagn Pathol 2020 Aug;47:151536. Epub 2020 May 21 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151536. PMID: 32454442
De novo glomerular diseases after renal transplantation.
Ponticelli C, Moroni G, Glassock RJ
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014 Aug 7;9(8):1479-87. Epub 2014 Apr 3 doi: 10.2215/CJN.12571213. PMID: 24700797Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Contemporary management of acute pancreatitis: What you need to know.
Palumbo R, Schuster KM
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2024 Jan 1;96(1):156-165. Epub 2023 Dec 11 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004143. PMID: 37722072
Black Fungus and beyond: COVID-19 associated infections.
Katal S, Eibschutz LS, Radmard AR, Naderpour Z, Gupta A, Hejal R, Gholamrezanezhad A
Clin Imaging 2022 Oct;90:97-109. Epub 2022 Jul 23 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.07.005. PMID: 36007282Free PMC Article
State-of-the-art review of secondary pulmonary infections in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
Chong WH, Saha BK, Ananthakrishnan Ramani, Chopra A
Infection 2021 Aug;49(4):591-605. Epub 2021 Mar 11 doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01602-z. PMID: 33709380Free PMC Article
Oral manifestations of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with unusual histomorphologic features.
AbdullGaffar B, Awadhi F
Ann Diagn Pathol 2020 Aug;47:151536. Epub 2020 May 21 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151536. PMID: 32454442
De novo glomerular diseases after renal transplantation.
Ponticelli C, Moroni G, Glassock RJ
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014 Aug 7;9(8):1479-87. Epub 2014 Apr 3 doi: 10.2215/CJN.12571213. PMID: 24700797Free PMC Article

Therapy

Treatment-induced mucositis in oncology.
Jasiewicz F, Qurban Z, Hughes C
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2022 Sep 2;83(9):1-8. Epub 2022 Sep 22 doi: 10.12968/hmed.2022.0324. PMID: 36193926
State-of-the-art review of secondary pulmonary infections in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
Chong WH, Saha BK, Ananthakrishnan Ramani, Chopra A
Infection 2021 Aug;49(4):591-605. Epub 2021 Mar 11 doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01602-z. PMID: 33709380Free PMC Article
The safety of treatments used in pyoderma gangrenosum.
Feldman SR, Lacy FA, Huang WW
Expert Opin Drug Saf 2018 Jan;17(1):55-61. Epub 2017 Oct 27 doi: 10.1080/14740338.2018.1396316. PMID: 29065721
De novo glomerular diseases after renal transplantation.
Ponticelli C, Moroni G, Glassock RJ
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014 Aug 7;9(8):1479-87. Epub 2014 Apr 3 doi: 10.2215/CJN.12571213. PMID: 24700797Free PMC Article
Colitis associated with biological agents.
Freeman HJ
World J Gastroenterol 2012 Apr 28;18(16):1871-4. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1871. PMID: 22563166Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Contemporary management of acute pancreatitis: What you need to know.
Palumbo R, Schuster KM
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2024 Jan 1;96(1):156-165. Epub 2023 Dec 11 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004143. PMID: 37722072
State-of-the-art review of secondary pulmonary infections in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.
Chong WH, Saha BK, Ananthakrishnan Ramani, Chopra A
Infection 2021 Aug;49(4):591-605. Epub 2021 Mar 11 doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01602-z. PMID: 33709380Free PMC Article
De novo glomerular diseases after renal transplantation.
Ponticelli C, Moroni G, Glassock RJ
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014 Aug 7;9(8):1479-87. Epub 2014 Apr 3 doi: 10.2215/CJN.12571213. PMID: 24700797Free PMC Article
Bacteriology in the etiopathogenesis of pouchitis.
Shen B
Dig Dis 2012;30(4):351-7. Epub 2012 Jul 12 doi: 10.1159/000338125. PMID: 22796796
Disorders of lymph flow.
Witte CL, Witte MH
Acad Radiol 1995 Apr;2(4):324-34. doi: 10.1016/s1076-6332(05)80193-x. PMID: 9419570

Clinical prediction guides

Contemporary management of acute pancreatitis: What you need to know.
Palumbo R, Schuster KM
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2024 Jan 1;96(1):156-165. Epub 2023 Dec 11 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004143. PMID: 37722072
Attenuating Chronic Fibrosis: Decreasing Foreign Body Response with Acellular Dermal Matrix.
Liang NE, Griffin MF, Berry CE, Parker JB, Downer MA, Wan DC, Longaker MT
Tissue Eng Part B Rev 2023 Dec;29(6):671-680. Epub 2023 Jun 7 doi: 10.1089/ten.TEB.2023.0060. PMID: 37212342
De novo glomerular diseases after renal transplantation.
Ponticelli C, Moroni G, Glassock RJ
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014 Aug 7;9(8):1479-87. Epub 2014 Apr 3 doi: 10.2215/CJN.12571213. PMID: 24700797Free PMC Article
Infectious complications in patients with lung cancer.
Akinosoglou KS, Karkoulias K, Marangos M
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2013 Jan;17(1):8-18. PMID: 23329518
Colitis associated with biological agents.
Freeman HJ
World J Gastroenterol 2012 Apr 28;18(16):1871-4. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1871. PMID: 22563166Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Distinguishing Periprosthetic Crystalline Arthropathy from Infection in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review.
Bradley AT, King CA, Lin Y, Sculco P, Balach T, Landy DC
J Knee Surg 2022 May;35(6):668-675. Epub 2020 Sep 17 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1716507. PMID: 32942331
Systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Walters JA, Gibson PG, Wood-Baker R, Hannay M, Walters EH
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 Jan 21;(1):CD001288. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001288.pub3. PMID: 19160195
Systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Wood-Baker RR, Gibson PG, Hannay M, Walters EH, Walters JA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005 Jan 25;(1):CD001288. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001288.pub2. PMID: 15674875

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