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Symptoms of Infections

How do you know your sick? Is a cough or a runny nose necessarily mean your body is full of infected bacteria? How serious can a sore throat be? Each symptom of the common infection, the flu, can be a slight hiccup in your immune system, but it is always better to be safe than … Continue reading

Top 10 Bacterial Infections

You wake up in the morning, eat breakfast, drive your car to work, walk up the stairs to your office, shake hands with employees, and all the while you have not thought once, about the deadliest item surrounding your day; bacteria. Bacteria is a microscopic organism that floats through the air, lives on intimate objects, … Continue reading

Diagnosis of Staphylococcus

A diagnosis of the presence of staphylococcus is generally confirmed through the use of a culture grown of an appropriate specimen. Observation of the color, smell, clearance zone on the culture medium, or other tests helps determine the type of staphylococcus present. Relatively recently, a staph infection can be determined more quickly so that infection … Continue reading

Typical Infection Sites

Infections can be found in almost every part of the body. Although living creatures are incredibly complex and have powerful defense mechanisms built in, there are many ways in which infections can be contracted. It is amazing that people and animals are not killed or sickened due to attacks by harmful organisms. An Infection may … Continue reading