What are Bacterial Infections?

Bacterial Infections
H&E staining of infected skin (a) and non-infected control (b) at day 7 after S. aureus infection. Inoculated tissue presents with epidermolysis and bacterial infection in comparison to a regularly structured epidermis in the control. Lower panel immunohistochemical staining of infected (c) and non-infected (d) skin with anti-S. aureus antibody (green) and DAPI counterstaining (nucleus, blue). A novel human skin chamber model to study wound infection ex vivo: Steinstraesser L, Sorkin M, Niederbichler AD, Becerikli M, Stupka J, Daigeler A, Kesting MR, Stricker I, Jacobsen F, Schulte M - Archives of dermatological research (2009). Not altered. CC.

Bacterial Infections occur when bacteria enter the body, increase in number, and cause a reaction in the body.

Bacterial Infections include:

  • Gram-positive bacterial infections
  • Gram-negative bacterial infections
  • Mycobacteria bacterial infections
  • Spirochete bacterial infections
  • Anaerobic bacterial infections
  • Obligate intracellular bacterial infections