Sentence examples for contract bacteria from inspiring English sources
That means they remain damp inside and can contract bacteria.
Predicting if patients will contract particular bacteria when admitted to a hospital is addressed in the paper by Wiens [128].
You might contract a bacteria infection if you don't practice proper cleaning procedures after defecation.
You can contract the bacteria as a result of poor hygiene (not washing your hands) or as a result of eating fruits and vegetables without washing them.
Typhoid is contracted from bacteria in contaminated food or water and occurs mostly in areas with poor sanitation.
While meningitis transmission is rare, factors such as age and community settings can increase the risk of contracting the bacteria.
CDC officials are working with Pennsylvania health authorities to interview the patient and family to identify how she may have contracted the bacteria, including reviewing recent hospitalizations and other health-care exposures.
The CDC said that necrotizing fasciitis is very rare, but it is most commonly contracted when bacteria infiltrate the body through a break in the skin, such as a cut, a burn or an insect bite.
Aside from four Americans who appear to have contracted the bacteria while in Germany, that strain of the bacteria has never been detected as a cause of illness in the United States.
A new analysis by the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that in two hospitals in Montreal and one in Sherbrooke, Quebec, the rate of patients contracting the bacteria, known as clostridium difficile or C. difficile, had increased from 2.1 cases per 1,000 admissions in 2002 to 10 per 1,000 in 2003 and that the upward trend had continued this year.
