Bacterial diseases

Introduction: Bacterial diseases

Bacteria are single-celled creatures with tiny flagella. Bacteria are alive. They are very small organisms, often only a single cell. Bacteria need to get energy, and may emit toxins or waste products. By comparison, viruses are much smaller, and are not exactly "alive" in the normal sense.

Symptoms of Bacterial diseases

• Tachypnoea
• Fever
• Tachycardia
• Hypoxemia
• Diaphoresis

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Medical Textbooks Online about Bacterial diseases

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Bacterial diseases?

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• Failure to diagnose Bacterial diseases
• Underlying causes of Bacterial diseases (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Bacterial diseases

Causes of Bacterial diseases

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Reseach about Bacterial diseases

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Clinical Trials for Bacterial diseases

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Bacterial diseases include:

• Antibiotic Treatment for Patients With Infections of Short Term In-Dwelling Vascular Catheters Due to a Specific Bacteria (Gram Positive Bacteria) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Antibiotic,Vancomycin,Oxacillin,Dicloxacillin
• Daptomycin for the Treatment of Infections Due to Gram-Positive Bacteria - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - daptomycin
• Study Evaluating Piperacillin-Tazobactam on Certain Bacteria in Hematology and Oncology Units - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - piperacillin-tazobactam
• Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Rabeprazole in Treatment of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Adults. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - rabeprazole sodium
• Study Evaluating Tigecycline in Selected Serious Infections Caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) or Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Tigecycline

See full list of 1062 Clinical Trials for Bacterial diseases

Statistics for Bacterial diseases

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Types of Bacterial diseases

• Lyme disease
• Granuloma inguinale
• Bacterial vaginosis
• Gonorrhea
• Syphilis

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Bacterial diseases

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Article Excerpts about Bacterial diseases

Microbes belonging to the bacteria group are made up of only one cell. Under a microscope, bacteria look like balls, rods, or spirals. Bacteria are so small that a line of 1,000 could fit across the eraser of a pencil. Life in any form on Earth could not exist without these tiny cells. (Source: excerpt from Microbes in Sickness and in Health - Publications, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: NIAID)

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Definitions of Bacterial diseases:

Infections and associated diseases by bacteria, general or unspecified. - (Source - Diseases Database)