The phrase "agent of infection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical or scientific contexts to refer to a pathogen or microorganism that causes disease.
Example: "The doctor explained that the agent of infection responsible for the outbreak was a strain of bacteria."
Alternatives: "pathogen" or "infectious agent".
Brucella suis is also emerging as an agent of infection in cattle, thus extending its opportunities to infect humans.
Fungal diseases of the vulva are common; usually the agent of infection is Candida albicans, a yeastlike fungus.
Thagard draws attention to both statistical evidence that suggests ulcers are somehow associated with H. pylori, as well as mechanistic evidence that can explain how the agent of infection could persist in a hostile environment long enough to cause an ulcer.
In practice, this ideal goal is difficult to attain and one must settle for a preferred toxicity towards the agent of infection, i.e. the toxic dose towards the agent of infection must be significantly lower than the toxic dose towards the cells or tissues that they invade.
In addition, sequence types may also be generated without the need to culture bacteria since PCR is used to amplify the MLST genes from a sample, an attribute which has made the method particularly useful when there is an urgent need to trace the causative agent of infection such as in bacterial meningitis [12].
We determined no agent of infection in the others 34 catheters.
Two-thirds of the isolated pathogens were reported as colonizers, 30% as causative agent of infections.
MRSA is unquestionably one of the most important nosocomial pathogens worldwide, but recently it is increasingly identified as the etiological agent of infections acquired in community [ 1, 2].
This is especially a problem when trying to accurately genotype the causative agent of infections from WGS obtained directly from clinical specimens.
The closely related NiV was subsequently identified as the causative agent of infections in pigs and humans in Malaysia in 1998-99 [ 4].
E. coli is the most common etiologic agent of infections caused by Gram-negative bacilli, and these infections routinely are treated with fluoroquinolones, some of the most-frequently prescribed antibiotic classes [ 1].
