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Bacterial Infections
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Disease Threatens China's Flood Victims (06/06/2005, United Press International)
- International Team Determines Geographic Origin of Leprosy (05/12/2005, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Scientists Reveal How Disease Bacterium Survives Inside Immune System Cell (05/05/2005, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Bacteria (American Society for Microbiology)
Also available in: Spanish - Bacterial Infections (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- From Bacteria to Parasites: Understanding Infections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Virus or Bacterium? (American Society for Microbiology)
Also available in: Spanish
Treatment
- Treatment
- Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Hand Hygiene for Consumers (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology) - Links to PDF
- MedlinePlus: Infection Control (National Library of Medicine)
Also available in: Spanish - Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV23) (National Immunization Program) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Bone and Joint Infections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Brucellosis (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
- Campylobacter (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Cat-Scratch Disease (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Cholera (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
Also available in: Spanish - Glanders (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
- Helicobacter pylori Infections (H. pylori) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Hot Tub Lung (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Leprosy (World Health Organization)
- Leptospirosis (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
- Melioidosis (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
- Q Fever (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Shigellosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Tularemia (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Typhoid Fever (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
- Vibrio Parahaemolyticus (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
- Vibrio Vulnificus (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
- Yersinia Enterocolitica (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Bacterial Infections (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Deciphering Pathogens: Blueprints for New Medical Tools (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Large PDF file
Research
- Research
- Human Lung Cells Can Break Up Bacterial Gangs (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Protein from Oral Pathogen Can Clear Medical Devices of Bacteria (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)
Organizations
- Organizations
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Children
- Children
- Blood Culture (Nemours Foundation)
- Campylobacter Infections (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Cat Scratch Disease (Nemours Foundation)
- Clostridial Infections (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Helicobacter pylori (Nemours Foundation)
- Shigella Infections (Nemours Foundation)
- What Are Germs? (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Yersinia Enterocolitica (Nemours Foundation)
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Shigellosis (Nemours Foundation)
- Why Should I Care about Germs? (Nemours Foundation)
Other Languages
- Other Languages
- Preven��o da C�lera (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - In Portuguese