copathogen
English
Noun
copathogen (plural copathogens)
- A pathogen coexistent with another in the same host, yielding coinfection.
- 1989, Philip A. Mackowiak, “The enterococci: evidence of species-specific clinical and microbiologic heterogeneity”, in American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 297, number 4, DOI: , PMID 2705463, pages 238-243:
- Although Enterobacteriaceae were the most common copathogens identified overall, Staphylococcus aureus was the most common copathogen in bloodstream infections.
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