The nurse has been caring for a patient who has been taking antibiotics for 3 weeks. Upon assessing the patient, the nurse notices the individual has developed oral thrush. What describes the etiology of the thrush?
A) Antibiotic resistance
B) Community-acquired infection
C) Nosocomial infection
D) Superinfection

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Oral thrush is a manifestation of a superinfection. The development of thrush is not a symptom of antibiotic resistance. Oral thrush typically is not a community-acquired infection. The development of thrush is not a nosocomial infection.

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