Bacterial infections (symptom description): Bacterial infections is listed as a type of or related-symptom for symptom Infection.
Bacterial infections (symptom description): For a medical symptom description of 'Bacterial infections', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Infection (type of symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Bacterial infections' may be possible.
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Bacterial infections: Bacterial infections is listed as an alternate name or description for Bacterial diseases. For a medical symptom description of 'Bacterial infections', the following disease information may be relevant to the symptoms: Bacterial diseases (disease information). However, numerous other possible causes of the symptom may be possible.
Bacterial infections (medical condition): Diseases caused by a bacterial infection
Bacterial infections (medical condition): 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.
Bacterial infections: 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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