The outside linebacker has missed the last six games because of a dislocated left wrist and subsequent infection.
That injury and a subsequent infection hindered his playing for nearly two years.
This effect shortens the amount of time required to clear subsequent infections.
The earlier the intervention, the fewer the subsequent infections.
Illness or surgery can further weaken the immune system, making the body more susceptible to subsequent infections.
He is recovering from back surgery and a subsequent infection.
In 2001 Lumsden contracted shingles and died from subsequent infection at the age of 95.
He has missed the last five games because of a dislocated left wrist and a subsequent infection there.
Lemieux had surgery on his lower back last summer and missed more than half of this season with pain caused by a subsequent infection.
These memory cells can be called upon to quickly eliminate a pathogen should subsequent infections occur.