Micro MCAT Question
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Idk it asked for the name of an infection that contains E Coli and Tuberculosis
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Unfortunately, we're not mind readers. It would help if you clarified what "it" was, or the context of the question you're asking. As far as I know, there's no specific medical terminology for dual bacterial infections that I've seen, and I doubt that's common MCAT knowledge anyhow.
It wasn't a passage but a question that came up from my MCAT app. I'll try to find the whole question this weekend and hopefully it will make sense.
An infection with both Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis would be considered
Yeah I know that is why I can't figure out the answer. Once I find out I'll update everyone
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Superinfection maybe?
They actually might be correct
But then again I was thinking about superantigens
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Superantigen is a property of usually one infection which causes serious complications, the most common example being a Staph. aureus toxin leading to sepsis. The Q, albeit vague, suggests a name for a double infection or a secondary infection, hence my reasoning for superinfection.
Yeah I only said superantigen because that is what I learned in Micro and my teacher decided to give us this MCAT question. Nothing about superinfection was mentioned but it is a possible answer. Thank you for your help.
