au·to·in·fec·tion (ô t - n-f k sh n)n. 1. Reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms that are present on or within the body. 2. Self-infection by direct contact with a contagious agent, as with parasite eggs in the infectious state transmitted by fingernails. Also called autoreinfection. |
Autoinfection
An infection caused by a disease agent that is already present in the body.
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autoinfection,
1 an infection by disease organisms already present in the body but developing in a different body part.
2 a reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms.
autoinfection
spread of an infection from part of the body to another.
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