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Bacterial Infections

Acute Rheumatic Fever
Anthrax
Anthrax information for general practitioners
Bats and human health
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter
Cholera
Diarrhoea in Young Children
Diphtheria
Escherichia coli (E. coli) detections in drinking water
Gastroenteritis
Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib)
Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease
Legionnaires' Disease
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Melioidosis
Meningitis (all types)
Meningococcal Disease
Meningococcal disease - antibiotics for close contacts of a person with meningococcal infection: ciprofloxacin, rifampicin
Mycobacterium chimaera in heater cooler units
Pneumococcal Disease
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Salmonella infection (salmonellosis)
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
Shigella infection (shigellosis)
Staphylococcus aureus infection
Tetanus
Toxic shock syndrome
Trachoma - Eye Infection
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
Vibrio Vulnificus Infection
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

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