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Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
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Infections caused by bacteria and fungi, general, specified, or unspecified. |
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not used for indexing; DF: BACT INFECT MYCOSES CATALOG: do not use |
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Categories.
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Bacterial Infections - Infections by bacteria, general or unspecified. |
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Central Nervous System Infections - Pathogenic infections of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; fungal infections; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; HELMINTHIASIS; and PRION DISEASES may involve the central nervous system as a primary or secondary process. |
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Infection - Invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues, which may be clinically inapparent or result in local cellular injury. A local infection may persist and spread by extension to become an acute, subacute, or chronic clinical infection or disease state. It may also become systemic when the microorganisms gain access to the lymphatic or vascular system. (From Dorland, 27th ed) |
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Mycoses |
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Zoonoses - Diseases of non-human animals that may be transmitted to man or may be transmitted from man to non-human animals. |
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Definitions and Terms
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