Travel Medicine
Before you plan a trip, protect your health by getting advice, immunizations and necessary medications.
Diseases spread through tiny, one-celled organisms
Bacterial infections are diseases that spread through bacteria (tiny, one-celled organisms).
Some types of bacteria live naturally inside our bodies and help us digest food, destroy disease-causing cells and provide important nutrients. Other types of bacteria produce toxins that damage our bodies and make us sick.
Bacteria can infect all parts of the body, causing common conditions such as strep throat and complex ones like sepsis. Indiana University Health Infectious Disease physicians receive special training to diagnose and treat a full range of bacterial infections, including:
Bacterial infections respond well to treatment with antibiotics. Antibiotics work by targeting bacteria cells in your body. They may also kill the good bacteria in your intestines, causing side effects like nausea and diarrhea.
If you take antibiotics too often for conditions they cannot treat, like colds or other viral infections, they can stop working against bacteria when you really need them. If you consider yourself generally healthy, you and your physician should carefully consider whether to use antibiotics for common conditions. Each time you take an antibiotic, you raise the risk that the bacteria will become resistant to the drugs (antibiotic-resistant bacteria). This means that in the future, with increased age or health risks, antibiotics may not help.
Bacteria can infect all parts of the body, causing common conditions such as strep throat and complex ones like sepsis. Indiana University Health Infectious Disease physicians receive special training to diagnose and treat a full range of bacterial infections, including:
Bacterial infections respond well to treatment with antibiotics. Antibiotics work by targeting bacteria cells in your body. They may also kill the good bacteria in your intestines, causing side effects like nausea and diarrhea.
If you take antibiotics too often for conditions they cannot treat, like colds or other viral infections, they can stop working against bacteria when you really need them. If you consider yourself generally healthy, you and your physician should carefully consider whether to use antibiotics for common conditions. Each time you take an antibiotic, you raise the risk that the bacteria will become resistant to the drugs (antibiotic-resistant bacteria). This means that in the future, with increased age or health risks, antibiotics may not help.
Indiana University Health Infectious Diseases specialists offer expert diagnosis of a wide range of bacterial infections, from the common to the complicated. Your physicians work in the largest network of primary care and specialty practices in Indiana providing high quality, comprehensive care to a convenient location near you.
Your physicians will monitor your progress, help manage your symptoms and provide you with the treatments you need to get well. Your physicians will use advanced diagnostic tools and the latest treatment options to shorten your hospital stay, lessening your risk of infection.
IU Health Infectious Diseases physicians also offer a variety of immunizations against bacterial infections. Some bacterial infections, such as pneumococcus, typhoid fever and pertussis, have existing vaccines that save thousands of lives each year. For protection against bacterial infections, you and your family should stay up to date on all vaccinations.
IU Health Infectious Diseases physicians use a variety of diagnostic tools and treatments to help you overcome bacterial infections.
Indiana University Health Infectious Diseases specialists offer expert diagnosis of a wide range of bacterial infections, from the common to the complicated. Your physicians work in the largest network of primary care and specialty practices in Indiana providing high quality, comprehensive care to a convenient location near you.
Your physicians will monitor your progress, help manage your symptoms and provide you with the treatments you need to get well. Your physicians will use advanced diagnostic tools and the latest treatment options to shorten your hospital stay, lessening your risk of infection.
IU Health Infectious Diseases physicians also offer a variety of immunizations against bacterial infections. Some bacterial infections, such as pneumococcus, typhoid fever and pertussis, have existing vaccines that save thousands of lives each year. For protection against bacterial infections, you and your family should stay up to date on all vaccinations.
IU Health Infectious Diseases physicians use a variety of diagnostic tools and treatments to help you overcome bacterial infections.
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