TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Infections Caused by Anaerobic Bacteria A1 - Carroll, Karen C. A1 - Hobden, Jeffery A. A1 - Miller, Steve A1 - Morse, Stephen A. A1 - Mietzner, Timothy A. A1 - Detrick, Barbara A1 - Mitchell, Thomas G. A1 - McKerrow, James H. A1 - Sakanari, Judy A. PY - 2019 T2 - Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 27e AB - Medically important infections caused by anaerobic bacteria are common. The infections are often polymicrobial—that is, the anaerobic bacteria are found in mixed infections with other anaerobes, facultative anaerobes, and aerobes (see the glossary of definitions). Anaerobic bacteria are found throughout the human body—on the skin, on mucosal surfaces, and in high concentrations in the mouth and gastrointestinal tract—as part of the normal microbiota (see Chapter 10). Infection results when anaerobes and other bacteria of the normal microbiota contaminate normally sterile body sites. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114734603 ER -