bacterial infection

1. An infection caused by bacteria . The growth of many disease-causing bacteria can be halted by the use of antibiotics . ( Compare viral infection .)

Notes

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

Example Sentences

His burns developed a distinctly unfunny bacterial infection.

From The Daily Beast

A rare condition, it is a bacterial infection that tears through the body's fascia, destroying all tissue in its path.

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The bacterial infection that cost Aimee Copeland her leg and hands is rare, but when it strikes, it can be deadly.

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The bacterial infection was proved by culture from the eyes and nose, usually yielding the staphylococcus.

From Project Gutenberg

Fourth: Eggs getting damp from wet nests, dung or broken eggs; thus causing bacterial infection and decay.

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The cause of the spoiling of eggs is due largely to exterior bacterial infection.

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It is due to bacterial infection, and is associated with an accumulation of tartar between the gums and the teeth.

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Some of the reported cases may have been latent scurvy, rendered acute by a complicating bacterial infection.

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