But it can also be caused by bacteria, either foodborne or personally transmitted, he said.
It is in advanced testing for a drug to treat skin infections caused by bacteria.
Crohn's disease (also suspected of being caused by bacteria) is an inflammation of the bowel.
The disease is caused by bacteria related to syphilis that enter the body through a tick bite.
Under a microscope, the scientists discovered the holes were too perfectly round to have been caused by bacteria.
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious disease caused by bacteria that can lead to severe upper respiratory infections.
Sterile procedure requires that every site of needle insertion be properly sterilized, because most infections are caused by bacteria already present on the skin.
Acupuncturists protest (often) that they use sterile needles, but this very protest reveals their ignorance: most infections are caused by bacteria already present on the skin, which enter through the puncture wound.
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The Russian Fisheries Institute, whose interest in the Caspian dates back to Soviet times, says that a preliminary examination shows that the seals were suffering from salmonella poisoning and pasteurellosis, both caused by bacteria.
In contrast, Offit argues, the problems caused by the bacteria the vaccines immunize against are very real.
Doctors eventually determined she had necrotizing fasciitis caused by the bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila.
To devise a regimen, Dr. Fine said he consulted experts at several institutions and ultimately needed special approval to prescribe a drug normally used for leprosy, which is caused by similar bacteria.
Before he left, there had already been the first reports of patients returning from the battlefield with wound infections, pneumonia and other problems caused by a bacteria called Acinetobacter baumannii, which is rarely seen in the United States.
The disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia caused by the legionella bacteria.
Whooping cough, an illness caused by the pertussis bacteria, can cause severe respiratory symptoms and even death in young infants.
The World Health Organization has found that three-fifths of HAIs are caused by drug-resistant bacteria.
Three days later, still in pain, she went to an emergency room, where doctors determined she had necrotizing fasciitis caused by the flesh-devouring bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila.
Three days later, still in pain, she went to an emergency room, and doctors eventually determined she had necrotizing fasciitis caused by the flesh-devouring bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila.
The CDC said that five people who survived Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans died after becoming infected with Vibrio vulnificus, caused by a form of the bacteria that also causes cholera.
The acute conditions are usually caused by viruses such as the "common cold" virus or by common bacteria.
In 1997 a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that half of patients with a common cold were given antibiotics, even though antibiotics work only against bacteria and a cold is caused by a virus.
Even if the idea of a little diarrhea or a urinary tract infection does not faze you (both of which can be caused by E. coli), the problem is that as strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more commonplace in our lives, the less we are able to use the drugs to treat common human diseases.
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The bacteria that caused the recall is a strain of Escherichia coli, a bug that swims by the trillions in the digestive systems of people, cows and other mammals and is vital to digesting food.
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