bacterial infection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbacterialandinfection
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bacterial
adjective
uk/bækˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/bækˈtɪr.i.əl/
caused by, made from, or relating ...
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infection
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered ...
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(Definition ofbacterialandinfectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Antibiotics were often given simultaneously with the suspicion that the disease was caused by abacterialinfection.
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Indeed, endarteritis is almost always due tobacterialinfection.
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We found lung function to be a risk factor forbacterialinfectionin our patients.
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Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to study immune response against intracellularbacterialinfection.
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Laboratory results confirming rotavirus orbacterialinfectionmay be returned to the ward after the discharge diagnosis data have been completed.
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Phage therapy revisited : the population biology of abacterialinfectionand its treatment with bacteriophage and antibiotics.
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Diagnosis and treatment of cancer orbacterialinfectionexpress and reinforce social norms only in a trivial sense.
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Two patients died, one from gastrointestinal haemorrhage and one as a result of secondarybacterialinfection.
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A familiar epidemic disease now had a modern, plausible, and concrete face as abacterialinfection.
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Duringbacterialinfection, host cells are activated by bacterial chaperonin 60 proteins that are secreted or expressed on the outer surface of bacteria.
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The patient recovered from neutropenia without anybacterialinfectionand is currently clinically well on digoxin therapy.
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One ewe in group 1, victim of an intercurrentbacterialinfection, had similar numbers of adult worms (5260) to those found in the controls.
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I have got abacterialinfection, which spreads through cuts.
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Death is often due to multiorgan involvement with severe hepatic dysfunction, bleeding, disseminated intravascular coagulation and secondarybacterialinfection.
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The clinical condition of tuberculosis is brought about by exposure tobacterialinfection.
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I am advised that there is no evidence of anybacterialinfectionof eggs being caused by the food eaten by the hen.
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It believes that the non-specificbacterialinfectionthat causes cellulitis never really goes away in many cases.
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