hyperinfection — hy·per·infection … English syllables
hyperinfection — |hīpə(r)+ noun Etymology: hyper + infection : repeated reinfection with larvae produced by parasitic worms already in the body due to the ability of various parasites to complete the life cycle within a single host compare autoinfection … Useful english dictionary
hyperinfection syndrome — a highly fatal form of strongyloidiasis, most often occurring in immunocompromised persons and characterized by massive infection and widespread hematogenous dissemination of parasites to organs not normally affected. Manifestations are highly… … Medical dictionary
Strongyloidiasis — Classification and external resources Larva of Strongyloides stercoralis, the roundworm that causes strongyloidiasis ICD 10 B … Wikipedia
Strongyloides stercoralis — Taxobox | name = Threadworm image width = 250px image caption = First stage larva (L1) of S. stercoralis regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea ordo = Rhabditida familia = Strongyloididae genus = Strongyloides species = S.… … Wikipedia
Trichothecene — Trichothecenes are a very large family of chemically related mycotoxins produced by various species of Fusarium, Myrothecium, Trichoderma, Trichothecium, Cephalosporium, Verticimonosporium, and Stachybotrys. [… … Wikipedia
Autoinfection — This term autoinfection refers to the ability of certain parasites, particularly helminths, to establish a life cycle within the host, eliminating the need for an intermediate stage, and secondary hosts. Organisms capable of this Strongyloides… … Wikipedia
autoinfection — 1. Reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms that have already passed through an infective cycle. 2. Self infection by direct contagion as with pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) eggs passed in the infectious state and transmitted by… … Medical dictionary
strongyloidiasis — Infection with soil borne nematodes of the genus Strongyloides, considered to be a parthenogenetic parasitic female. Larvae passed to the soil develop through four larval instars to form free living adults or develop from first and second free… … Medical dictionary
SMH — state mental hospital; strongyloidiasis with massive hyperinfection … Medical dictionary
