germs

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Antibiotics are another standard treatment, and doctors are growing reluctant to prescribe them widely because of the spread of antibiotic-resistant germs.

From Barron's

TB is spread through the air when an infected person speaks, coughs or sings and a nearby person breathes in the germs.

From Los Angeles Times

He made no secret of his hand-washing mania, either, cleaning them constantly for fear that germs, not bullets, would get him.

From Los Angeles Times

That it’s going to be awful, and hard, and I’ll probably get sick from all the germs crawling on those kids who don’t understand how to properly take care of their health.

From Literature

“A sanitizer. We use it to get rid of surface germs. It’s a clean lab, so we try to minimize contaminants.”

From Literature