He or she will also ask about your symptoms and any previous fungal infections you have had.

That would have been a sign of previous infections.

Epiglottitis generally begins suddenly, without a previous upper respiratory infection.

Six patients had had previous infections and each of these was drinking heavily.

However, sporadic cases have been diagnosed outside those areas, presumably as a result of reactivation of a previous infection.

This is called adaptive immunity, because it 'remembers' previous infections.

What the hell do you mean, previous infection?

Current or previous infection can be detected through a blood test.

However, serologic testing is not useful for patients with previous infections.

Answer: Many of my patients keep a stock supply of antibiotics they don't finish from a previous infection, in an effort to save time and money.