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Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired in a health-care setting or as a result of receiving medical care. They may be the result of medical care (see iatrogenic infections, below), or they may simply be due to contact with pathogens from another patient in a hospital or clinic. Iatrogenic infections are infections that are the result of receiving medical care. Iatrogenic infections are nosocomial infections. Examples include infections as a result of surgery or catheterization, or secondary infections that are a result of antibiotic treatment killing of normal microbiota. Community-acquired infections are those that are picked up outside of a health-care setting. For example, CA-MRSA is the name given to MRSA infections that are transmitted in people's everyday lives.

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What is a bacterial infection that is common among teens and has symptoms of fever sore throat and swollen glands?

The beta hemolytic streptococcal infection is common amongst the teens. You have 50 % of cases of sore throat due to the same in age group 5 to 15 years. From 2 to 5 and 15 to 20 age group you have 30 % sore throat infection due to streptococcal infection. Below and above this age group, the percentage of streptococcal infection drops to 20 %. ( Dedicated to the great US professor of paediatrics, who wrote the book named 'Infectious diseases of paediatrics' during 1970's.)


What microorganisms causes infection in the human body by entering normal cells and using the energy and cell parts available to reproduce?

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