RT Book, Section 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. SR Print(0) ID 1114734603 T1 Infections Caused by Anaerobic Bacteria T2 Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 27e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071824989 LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114734603 RD 2023/01/28 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.