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"Bacterial Infections"
Clinical Trials — Validation Study of Combined Positron Emission Tomography/Computer Tomography to Diagnose Infection and Inflammation Bacterial Infections; Bacteremia; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Inflammation Procalcitonin for Predicting Serious Bacterial ...More…
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Trench Fever Information for adults
Trench Fever: Condition information and pictures for adults - Overview. Trench fever is a bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Bartonella quintana, which is carried and... Trench fever is a bacterial disease transmitted by body lice. The ...More…
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What is melioidosis?
Centers for Disease Control — Melioidosis, also called Whitmore's disease, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Melioidosis is clinically and pathologically similar to glanders disease, but the ecology and epidemiology of melioidosis are ...More…
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What is glanders?
Centers for Disease Control — Glanders is an infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei. Glanders is primarily a disease affecting horses, but it also affects donkeys and mules and can be naturally contracted by goats, dogs, and cats. Human ...More…
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Disease Listing: Cholera General Information / CDC DFBMD
Centers for Disease Control — Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but sometimes it can be severe. Approximately one in 20 infected persons has severe ...More…
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Infectious agents: From bacteria to worms
Mayo Clinic — Germs. Learn how germs work and what you can do to protect yourself. Germs live everywhere. You can find germs in the air, on food, plants and animals, in the soil, in the water, and on just about every other surface - including your own ...More…
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)
National Jewish Medical Center — Information on nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and how it differs from tuberculosis (TB). Explanation of the family of bacteria called mycobacteria and a list of some of its species. Germs, like plants and animals, have been classified into ...More…
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Gram Stain: The Test
Lab Tests Online — Describes when a Gram stain is ordered, how the Gram stain is used, and what the results of a Gram stain might mean A Gram stain and culture of the material from an infected site are the most commonly performed microbiology tests used to identify ...More…
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Nature Immunology
National Institutes of Health — A new study reveals an important and newly discovered pathway used by disease-causing bacteria to evade the host immune system and survive and grow within the very cells meant to destroy them. This discovery may lead to new treatments and ...More…
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¿Por qué debería tener cuidado con los gérmenes?
Kids Health — Tal vez creas que no tienes que preocuparte por los gérmenes -solamente a la gente que vende productos de limpieza para el váter por televisión le importan los gérmenes. Pero los gérmenes son organismos diminutos que pueden provocar enfermedades, ...More…
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¿Qué son los gérmenes?
Kids Health — El cuerpo humano es fascinante. Día tras día trabaja incansablemente -digiere los alimentos, bombea sangre y oxígeno, procesa señales provenientes de nuestros nervios y del cerebro y mucho más. El cuerpo humano es fascinante. Día tras día trabaja ...More…
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Infecciones por Shigella
Kids Health — Shigella, que debe su nombre al científico japonés que la descubrió en 1897, es un tipo de bacteria que puede infectar el aparato digestivo. Hay cuatro grupos diferentes de Shigella que pueden infectar a los humanos, algunos de ellos provocan una ...More…