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Bacterial
10 conditions
Strep Throat
Strep throat is caused by Group A Streptococcus GAS bacteria, specifically Streptococcus pyogenes. Symptoms include sudd...
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid or pus. Symptoms in...
Peptic Ulcer
Peptic ulcer disease involves sores in the lining of the stomach gastric ulcer or duodenum duodenal ulcer. The most comm...
Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary tract infections UTIs affect an estimated 150 million people each year worldwide. UTIs are classified as lower c...
Lyme Disease Symptoms
Lyme disease symptoms begin 3 to 30 days after a tick bite with erythema migrans, a characteristic expanding rash at the...
Cellulitis
Cellulitis is a bacterial skin infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue, most commonly caused by Streptococcus py...
Sepsis
Sepsis is a life threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. It affects approxima...
Meningitis
Meningitis is inflammation of the meninges, the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, usually from infection....
Whooping Cough
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. The disease has...
Tuberculosis Symptoms
Tuberculosis TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Approximately one quarter of the global population has latent T...