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bacterial infection

  1. An infection caused by bacteria . The growth of many disease-causing bacteria can be halted by the use of antibiotics . ( Compare viral infection .)


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Notes

Diseases caused by bacterial infections include diphtheria , gonorrhea , tuberculosis , and typhoid fever .
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Example Sentences

His burns developed a distinctly unfunny bacterial infection.

A rare condition, it is a bacterial infection that tears through the body's fascia, destroying all tissue in its path.

The bacterial infection that cost Aimee Copeland her leg and hands is rare, but when it strikes, it can be deadly.

The bacterial infection was proved by culture from the eyes and nose, usually yielding the staphylococcus.

Fourth: Eggs getting damp from wet nests, dung or broken eggs; thus causing bacterial infection and decay.

The cause of the spoiling of eggs is due largely to exterior bacterial infection.

It is due to bacterial infection, and is associated with an accumulation of tartar between the gums and the teeth.

Some of the reported cases may have been latent scurvy, rendered acute by a complicating bacterial infection.

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