Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The term superinfections and the way through which it develops in a patient.

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When microbes can tolerate a number of antibiotics, which would generally be inhibitory, it is called drug resistance. Microbes have the characteristic of drug resistance as they have the incredible genetic versatility and adaptability property. During the antibiotic therapy, some opportunistic infections develop and they are termed as “superinfections”.

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