Structured Summary
Abstract
Infections by bacteria, general or unspecified.
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Bacteremia
- Bacterial Endocarditis
- Bacterial Eye Infections
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Bacterial Skin Diseases
- Bacterial Vaginosis
- Bacterial Zoonoses
- Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections
- Fournier Gangrene
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Bacterial Disease
- Bacterial Infection
- Infection, Bacterial
- Infections, Bacterial
- Bacterial Diseases
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Aspects Covered
36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; many texts saying "sepsis" mean BACTERIAL INFECTIONS: check text
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History Note
72
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Previous Indexing
- Infection (1966-1971)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Bacterial Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001424. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001424
- Bacterial Infections. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_disease
- Bacterial Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727028