{"id":72037,"date":"2021-01-01T06:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T06:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=72037"},"modified":"2023-08-28T09:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T09:58:50","slug":"secondary-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/secondary-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An infection occurring in someone already suffering from an infection or from a wound that becomes secondarily infected after the wound was inflicted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An infection which affects a person while he or she is weakened through having another infection.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A new infection in a person who already has an infection.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An infection made possible by a primary infection that lowers the host\u2019s resistance (e.g., bacterial pneumonia following influenza).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Infertility in which one or more pregnancies have occurred before the present condition of infertility.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The occurrence of illness resulting from the establishment of newly introduced bacteria, viruses, or fungi following an initial infection.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-293\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A secondary infection occurs as a consequence or subsequent event to a pre-existing infection. 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