bacterial infection

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

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Karen's daughter, Liz, said she believed her mother contracted shigella while on holiday, a bacterial infection that can affect the gut.

From BBC

The study, published in Nature Chemical Biology, shows that an antibody created in the laboratory was able to eliminate a normally fatal bacterial infection in mice.

From Science Daily

Her stomach issues also have not improved, and a doctor in Colombia has diagnosed her with a severe bacterial infection.

From Slate

The family of Tony Dynes, another cancer patient who died aged 63 in May 2021, have revealed he also had an aspergillus fungal infection, as well as the same bacterial infection as Milly Main.

From BBC

He is credited on a research abstract in 2019 for a proposed study on a bacterial infection common in hospital settings.

From The Wall Street Journal