copathogen

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English

Etymology

From co- +‎ pathogen.

Noun

copathogen (plural copathogens)

  1. A pathogen coexistent with another in the same host, yielding coinfection.
    • 1989, Philip A. Mackowiak, “The enterococci: evidence of species-specific clinical and microbiologic heterogeneity”, in American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 297, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, pages 238–243:
      Although Enterobacteriaceae were the most common copathogens identified overall, Staphylococcus aureus was the most common copathogen in bloodstream infections.