Medical microbiology is the study of microorganisms, or microbes, that cause infection and disease. Microbes are everywhere, but many of them are either harmless or even beneficial to humans. Nevertheless, some microbes are dangerous to humans and cause disease. Medical microbiology is very important to human health because microbes make many people sick and some can be deadly. Approximately half the patients who go to the doctor in the United States do so because of some type of infection.... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health, 2023. 3p.