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bacterial pertaining to or caused by bacteria. bacterial adhesiveness see adhesins. bacterial allergy see bacterial hypersensitivity. cutaneous bacterial granuloma see botryomycosis. bacterial diseases diseases in which bacteria play a significant but not necessarily exclusive role. bacterial fermentation fermentation is more commonly a function of yeasts but is performed by some bacteria, e.g. those in the rumen. See also fermentation. bacterial food poisoning see food poisoning. bacterial gill disease see gill disease. bacterial kidney disease of fish a serious disease of salmonid cultures characterized by granuloma in the kidney and spleen, and extensive caseation of muscles. The disease is chronic and causes heavy losses. The cause appears to be a minute gram-positive coccobacillus Renibacterium salmoninarum. bacterial overgrowth a syndrome of malabsorption causing chronic or recurrent diarrhea in dogs. Believed to be due to the presence in the small intestine of an abnormally large population of Clostridium spp. and other enteric bacteria normally found in the colon. bacterial overgrowth GI disease The multiplication of opportunistic bacteria in the lower GI tract, often due to antibiotic therapy. See Pseudomembranous colitis Lab medicineThe multiplication of contaminating bacteria in a
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Sodium polyacrylate made tampons so absorbent that they could be left in place in an anaerobic environment for many hours or even days, resulting in severe bacterial overgrowth. Mucus stasis and respiratory ciliary dysfunction occur, leading to bacterial overgrowth. A shortage of stomach acid can lead to cancer, possibly as a result of bacterial overgrowth and chronic inflammation, a study in mice indicates. |
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