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This brochure answers commonly asked questions about cholera, an acute, diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Also available in other languages.... Details >

National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Answers to your questions about salmonellosis including, a description of the Salmonella germ and information about diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and the government's prevention strategy.... Details >

National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Drug resistance, more technically known as antimicrobial resistance, is a growing concern among health professionals and others around the world. This site is designed to provide both general and tech... Details >

National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Describes the causes, common sources, symptoms, risk factors, complications, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of foodborne illness.... Details >

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

The Bad Bug Book is a comprehensive reference site for the full range of foodborne pathogens including pathenogenic bacteria such as salmonella, campylobacter, and vibrio; the enterovirulent escherich... Details >

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

This online mini fact sheet provides basic information on brainerd diarrhea, a gastrointestinal disorder. The fact sheet includes information about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. A list of refere... Details >

National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This online brochures presents background information on cat scratch disease, and infection caused by bacteria (germs) carried in cat saliva. The symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cat... Details >

American Academy of Family Physicians  

This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addresses some of the most frequently asked questions about infections with antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, includ... Details >

National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This online fact sheet provides a description of the more common and serious foodborne illnesses -- Escherichia coli (E. coli), Salmonellosis, Campylobacteriosis, and Shigellosis. Includes information... Details >

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

This page links to publications on foodborne illness topics and for a variety of audiences. Topics include foodborne pathogens and natural toxins; milk safety, retail food protection, and seafood safe... Details >

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Visit this web site for access to government recourses -- fact sheets, brochures, reports, journals, state and local government sites -- where you can obtain information on foodborne pathogen toxins.... Details >

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacterium that causes illness in newborn babies, pregnant women, the elderly, and adults with other illnesses, such as diabetes or liver disease. GBS is the mo... Details >

Jesse Cause Foundation  

This page has links to information that may assist you in reducing the chances of your baby being infected.... Details >

Jesse Cause Foundation  

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria resistant to certain antibiotics. "Staph" infections occur most frequently among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities... Details >

National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Journal of Bacteriology, established in 1916, is published bi-weekly by the American Society for Microbiology. The journal advances and disseminates fundamental knowledge of bacteria and other mic... Details >

American Society for Microbiology  

Many healthy people carry Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria in their noses without getting sick. But when the skin is punctured or broken, staph bacteria can enter the wound and cause infections... Details >

Nemours Foundation  

This document provides an overiew on staphylococcus, a type of bacteria that can live harmlessly on many skin surfaces. But when the skin is punctured or broken for any reason, staph bacteria can ent... Details >

Nemours Foundation  

This consumer health information article warns that imported reptiles like iguanas carry exotic forms of salmonella bacteria that can cause life-threatening illness in humans. Parents should be aware ... Details >

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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This page provides information on Tuberculosis, TB infection, and TB disease.... Details >

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Staphylococcus aureus, S. aureus, or staph, is a common bacterium that lives on the skin and in the nose of about 25-30% of the population. Somtimes S. aureus can cause an infection due to injury, sur... Details >

American Association for Clinical Chemistry