Bacterial infections are caused by microscopic single-celled organisms, which invade the body. An infection occurs when bacteria multiply in a particular area and cause inflammation. Examples of infections caused by bacteria are strep throat, urinary tract infections, and diphtheria.
Bacterial Infections
Bacterial infections like typhoid, strep throat and some sexually transmitted diseases are infections caused by different types of bacteria. These infections are often treated with doctor-prescribed antibiotics. Either viruses or bacteria can cause infections, so its important to get examined by a doctor to make sure youre prescribed the correct medication.
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Sigma Nursing answeredBubonic plague is the most common of the three types of plague. In the United States, the disease is rather rare and happens primarily in rural areas in southwestern states like Arizona and New Mexico. On average, about seven people in the United States get infected annually. This rate is much lower than in other parts of the world; an average of a little more than 500 people around the world get the plague each year.
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Since bubonic plague can be fatal, it is important to get medical attention quickly. The chances of a person dying from bubonic plague before the advent of antibiotics was about 66 percent, but this has been reduced to 11 percent with appropriate treatment. It is also important to note that some individuals that ignore medical treatment may develop pneumonic plague, which is far more serious and 100 percent fatal without the timely administration of antibiotics.
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RealAge answeredA throat abscess is sometimes a rare complication of strep throat. Symptoms may include extreme difficulty swallowing, pain tending to one side of the throat, fever, earache, headache, a muffled voice, and difficulty opening the mouth. A throat abscess should be suspected if a child shows these signs; excessively drooling may also be present. These symptoms generally need immediate medical attention for diagnosis and treatment.
Other possible causes of a throat abscess are staph infection and Haemophilus bacteria, but the symptoms and signs are the same regardless of the cause of the abscess.
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St Francis Medical Center answeredIt can be very difficult for doctors to know whether an illness is viral or bacterial because there's a lot of overlay between symptomology. Sometimes it's a matter of timing. Sometimes it's a clinical diagnostic.
For strep, a bacterial infection, there's a rapid strep test, and cultures can be done if the rapid strep test is questionable.
In another common situation people have one or two days of sinus pain, cough, and nasal congestion, and they automatically think that they have a sinus infection that requires antibiotics. Doctors have learned through studies that, in most of the cases, when people are only one to two days into an infection it's not a bacterial infection at that point. It's still just a viral infection. If those symptoms last five to seven days, and there is a fever and green purulent nasal discharge, or people are coughing up the discharge from post-nasal drip, then doctors consider that it has become a bacterial sinus infection that requires antibiotics.
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See All 2 AnswersIt is possible for children to develop an infection under a cast. It is very important not to get the cast wet. Moisture under the cast can cause skin breakdown, which can create an environment for bacteria. Also, it is best to not put anything in the cast to scratch the skin because this can cause skin irritation and inflammation and raise the risk for infection.
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Group B strep (GBS) bacteria can come and go naturally in the body. If you have the bacteria in your body when you go into labor, they can spread to your baby during labor. Carrying GBS bacteria does not mean that a person is not clean, and it does not mean that she has a sexually transmitted disease. The bacteria are not spread from food, sex, water or anything that a woman might have come into contact with.
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The medicine to stop group B strep (GBS) from spreading to a baby is an antibiotic given during labor. The antibiotic (usually penicillin) is given to a woman through an IV (in the vein) during childbirth. If one is allergic to penicillin, there are other ways to help treat this during labor.
Antibiotics taken before labor will not protect a baby against GBS. The bacteria can grow back so fast that taking the medicine before beginning labor does not prevent the bacteria from spreading to the baby during childbirth.
Testing positive for GBS does not put other people in the house, including kids, at risk of getting sick from GBS.
If a woman thinks she might have a C-section or go into labor early (prematurely), she should talk with her doctor or nurse about a personal GBS plan.
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A woman should ask her doctor or nurse for a group B strep (GBS) test when she is 35 to 37 weeks pregnant. The test is an easy swab of the vagina and rectum that should not hurt.
Each time a woman is pregnant, she needs to be tested for GBS. It doesn't matter if she did or did not have this type of bacteria before; each pregnancy is different. The only time you don't need the test and will automatically be recommended antibiotics during labor is if you've delivered a previous baby with early-onset GBS disease, or if the bacteria were found in your urine at any time during this pregnancy.