invasive infection

collocation in English

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invasive
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈveɪ.sɪv/us
/ɪnˈveɪ.sɪv/
moving into all areas of something and difficult ...
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infection
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered ...
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Therefore, secondary type responses and cell-mediated immunity are not seen and protection againstinvasiveinfectionis mediated solely via antibodies.
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The remaining 6541 reports appeared to indicateinvasiveinfection.
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It has been investigated for use in patients after liver transplantation but fluconazole was found to be much more effective for preventing colonization,invasiveinfectionand death.
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However, non-typable clones were also encountered in relatively large numbers and as could be seen from their sources, they were also involved in invasive infections.
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In that report the risk of subsequent invasive infections among family contacts was increased almost 200-fold.
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Almost everyone who is diagnosed with listeriosis hasinvasiveinfection(meaning that the bacteria spread from their intestines to their blood stream or other body sites).
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Patients may present with invasive infections characterized by bacteraemia or serious soft tissue infections.
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Cases have been reported of endovascular infections (predominantly endocarditis) and also acute invasive infections.
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For particularly invasive infections, antibiotics to cover anaerobic bacteria may be added (such as metronidazole).
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An estimated 700 million infections occur worldwide each year, and over 650,000 cases of severe, invasive infections have a mortality rate of 25%.
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