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Bacterial infectious disease

MedGen UID:
14012
•Concept ID:
C0004623
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bacterial Disease; Bacterial Diseases; Bacterial Infection; Bacterial Infections; Infection, Bacterial; Infections, Bacterial
SNOMED CT: Bacterial infectious disease (87628006); Disease caused by bacteria (87628006); Bacterial infection (87628006); Bacterial disease (87628006)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005113

Definition

An acute infectious disorder that is caused by gram positive or gram negative bacteria; representative examples include pneumococcal, streptococcal, salmonella, and meningeal infections. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBacterial infectious disease

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Coumarin as a Privileged and Medicinally Important Scaffold in the Treatment of Tuberculosis.
Gupta V, Ambatwar R, Bhanwala N, Khatik GL
Curr Top Med Chem 2023;23(16):1489-1502. doi: 10.2174/1568026623666230330084058. PMID: 37005527
What is the evidence base of used aggregated antibiotic resistance percentages to change empirical antibiotic treatment? A scoping review.
Auzin A, Spits M, Tacconelli E, Rodríguez-Baño J, Hulscher M, Adang E, Voss A, Wertheim H
Clin Microbiol Infect 2022 Jul;28(7):928-935. Epub 2021 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.12.003. PMID: 34906718

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Genotyping Helicobacter pylori and fgf7 gene expression in gastric cancer.
Hedayati MA, Khani D, Bashiri H
Mol Biol Rep 2022 Sep;49(9):8827-8834. Epub 2022 Jul 7 doi: 10.1007/s11033-022-07732-3. PMID: 35799083
What is the evidence base of used aggregated antibiotic resistance percentages to change empirical antibiotic treatment? A scoping review.
Auzin A, Spits M, Tacconelli E, Rodríguez-Baño J, Hulscher M, Adang E, Voss A, Wertheim H
Clin Microbiol Infect 2022 Jul;28(7):928-935. Epub 2021 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.12.003. PMID: 34906718
Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates and Resulting Outcomes of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease.
Peters JS, Ismail N, Dippenaar A, Ma S, Sherman DR, Warren RM, Kana BD
Annu Rev Genet 2020 Nov 23;54:511-537. Epub 2020 Sep 14 doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-022820-085940. PMID: 32926793
Fasciitis necrotisans - duplicitas casuum.
Klein L, Fabian R, Šafránek P, Paterová P, Slaninka I, Havel E, Dostál P, Serbák M
Rozhl Chir 2018 Summer;97(9):432-441. PMID: 30470125
Impact of Genetic Diversity on the Biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains.
Niemann S, Merker M, Kohl T, Supply P
Microbiol Spectr 2016 Nov;4(6) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TBTB2-0022-2016. PMID: 27837742

Diagnosis

Genomic classification and antimicrobial resistance profiling of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza isolates associated with paediatric otitis media and upper respiratory infection.
Lobb B, Lee MC, McElheny CL, Doi Y, Yahner K, Hoberman A, Martin JM, Hirota JA, Doxey AC, Shaikh N
BMC Infect Dis 2023 Sep 13;23(1):596. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08560-x. PMID: 37700242Free PMC Article
Prediction of Immune Infiltration Diagnostic Gene Biomarkers in Kawasaki Disease.
Ba H, Wang Y, Zhang L, Wang H, Huang ZP, Qin Y
J Immunol Res 2022;2022:8739498. Epub 2022 Jun 17 doi: 10.1155/2022/8739498. PMID: 35755167Free PMC Article
Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates and Resulting Outcomes of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease.
Peters JS, Ismail N, Dippenaar A, Ma S, Sherman DR, Warren RM, Kana BD
Annu Rev Genet 2020 Nov 23;54:511-537. Epub 2020 Sep 14 doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-022820-085940. PMID: 32926793
Mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Zhang YJ, Li XJ, Mi KX
Yi Chuan 2016 Oct 20;38(10):918-927. doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.16-136. PMID: 27806933
Leprosy.
Jacobson RR, Krahenbuhl JL
Lancet 1999 Feb 20;353(9153):655-60. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06322-3. PMID: 10030346

Therapy

Global prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Salari N, Kanjoori AH, Hosseinian-Far A, Hasheminezhad R, Mansouri K, Mohammadi M
Infect Dis Poverty 2023 May 25;12(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s40249-023-01107-x. PMID: 37231463Free PMC Article
Perspective for Precision Medicine for Tuberculosis.
Lange C, Aarnoutse R, Chesov D, van Crevel R, Gillespie SH, Grobbel HP, Kalsdorf B, Kontsevaya I, van Laarhoven A, Nishiguchi T, Mandalakas A, Merker M, Niemann S, Köhler N, Heyckendorf J, Reimann M, Ruhwald M, Sanchez-Carballo P, Schwudke D, Waldow F, DiNardo AR
Front Immunol 2020;11:566608. Epub 2020 Oct 8 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.566608. PMID: 33117351Free PMC Article
A report card to grade Helicobacter pylori therapy.
Graham DY, Lu H, Yamaoka Y
Helicobacter 2007 Aug;12(4):275-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2007.00518.x. PMID: 17669098
Leprosy.
Jacobson RR, Krahenbuhl JL
Lancet 1999 Feb 20;353(9153):655-60. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06322-3. PMID: 10030346
Role of micro-organisms in caries etiology.
van Houte J
J Dent Res 1994 Mar;73(3):672-81. doi: 10.1177/00220345940730031301. PMID: 8163737

Prognosis

Genomic classification and antimicrobial resistance profiling of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza isolates associated with paediatric otitis media and upper respiratory infection.
Lobb B, Lee MC, McElheny CL, Doi Y, Yahner K, Hoberman A, Martin JM, Hirota JA, Doxey AC, Shaikh N
BMC Infect Dis 2023 Sep 13;23(1):596. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08560-x. PMID: 37700242Free PMC Article
Prediction of Immune Infiltration Diagnostic Gene Biomarkers in Kawasaki Disease.
Ba H, Wang Y, Zhang L, Wang H, Huang ZP, Qin Y
J Immunol Res 2022;2022:8739498. Epub 2022 Jun 17 doi: 10.1155/2022/8739498. PMID: 35755167Free PMC Article
Clinical Diagnostic Value of Combined Detection of Serum C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin for Bacterial Infectious Diseases in Children.
Ge X, Li P, Wu Z
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2019 Feb;29(2):189-190. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.02.189. PMID: 30700365
Fasciitis necrotisans - duplicitas casuum.
Klein L, Fabian R, Šafránek P, Paterová P, Slaninka I, Havel E, Dostál P, Serbák M
Rozhl Chir 2018 Summer;97(9):432-441. PMID: 30470125
Leprosy.
Jacobson RR, Krahenbuhl JL
Lancet 1999 Feb 20;353(9153):655-60. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06322-3. PMID: 10030346

Clinical prediction guides

Genomic classification and antimicrobial resistance profiling of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza isolates associated with paediatric otitis media and upper respiratory infection.
Lobb B, Lee MC, McElheny CL, Doi Y, Yahner K, Hoberman A, Martin JM, Hirota JA, Doxey AC, Shaikh N
BMC Infect Dis 2023 Sep 13;23(1):596. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08560-x. PMID: 37700242Free PMC Article
Prediction of Immune Infiltration Diagnostic Gene Biomarkers in Kawasaki Disease.
Ba H, Wang Y, Zhang L, Wang H, Huang ZP, Qin Y
J Immunol Res 2022;2022:8739498. Epub 2022 Jun 17 doi: 10.1155/2022/8739498. PMID: 35755167Free PMC Article
Clinical Diagnostic Value of Combined Detection of Serum C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin for Bacterial Infectious Diseases in Children.
Ge X, Li P, Wu Z
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2019 Feb;29(2):189-190. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2019.02.189. PMID: 30700365
Sex differences in tuberculosis.
Hertz D, Schneider B
Semin Immunopathol 2019 Mar;41(2):225-237. Epub 2018 Oct 25 doi: 10.1007/s00281-018-0725-6. PMID: 30361803
A report card to grade Helicobacter pylori therapy.
Graham DY, Lu H, Yamaoka Y
Helicobacter 2007 Aug;12(4):275-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2007.00518.x. PMID: 17669098

Recent systematic reviews

Global prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Salari N, Kanjoori AH, Hosseinian-Far A, Hasheminezhad R, Mansouri K, Mohammadi M
Infect Dis Poverty 2023 May 25;12(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s40249-023-01107-x. PMID: 37231463Free PMC Article
Comparison of dual influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination with influenza vaccination alone for preventing pneumonia and reducing mortality among the elderly: A meta-analysis.
Zhang YY, Tang XF, Du CH, Wang BB, Bi ZW, Dong BR
Hum Vaccin Immunother 2016 Dec;12(12):3056-3064. Epub 2016 Sep 14 doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1221552. PMID: 27629584Free PMC Article

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