KROK 1 2016 – Question 162 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Material obtained from a patient contains several types of microorganisms (staphylococci and streptococci) causative of the patient’s disease. Name this type of infection:
- A. Mixed infection
- B. Superinfection
- C. Consecutive infection
- D. Coinfection
- E. Reinfection
Hint
Think about how infections are classified by the number of causative species and by whether the agents act together from the start or join one after another.
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