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  1. Infection: Bacterial or viral? - Mayo Clinic

    Bacteria cause bacterial infections. Viruses cause viral infections. Antibiotic medicines kill or keep many bacteria from growing but don't treat viruses.

  2. Germs: Understand and protect against bacteria, viruses and infections - Mayo Clinic

    The immune system protects against things that cause infections, called infectious agents. But some germs keep changing to get past the immune system's defenses ...

  3. Bacterial vaginosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Sexually transmitted infections. If you have BV , you have a higher risk of getting an STI . · Infection risk after gynecological surgery. · Pelvic inflammatory ...

  4. Cellulitis - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Cellulitis (sel-u-LIE-tis) is a common, potentially serious bacterial skin infection. The affected skin is swollen and inflamed and is typically painful and ...

  5. Staph infections - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Staph infections are caused by staphylococcus bacteria. These types of germs are commonly found on the skin or in the nose of many healthy people.

  6. Infectious diseases - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Infectious diseases commonly spread through the direct transfer of bacteria, viruses or other germs from one person to another. This can happen when an ...

  7. Antibiotics: Are you misusing them? - Mayo Clinic

    Many antibiotics can successfully treat infections caused by bacteria (bacterial infections). Antibiotics can prevent the spread of disease. And antibiotics ...

  8. C. difficile infection - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Clostridioides difficile (klos-TRID-e-oi-deez dif-uh-SEEL) is a bacterium that causes an infection of the colon, the longest part of the large intestine.

  9. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Learn more about the symptoms, tests and treatments of this infection with Helicobacter pylori bacteria.

  10. MRSA infection - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    ... bacteria that's become resistant to many of the antibiotics used to treat ordinary staph infections. Most methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ...