Why the repo man can remotely shut off your car engine. Call it the high-tech repo man: The starter interrupt device, a small piece of technology that can disable a car if a borrower is just one day late in making a payment.
Read our leaflet about Antibiotics: Why some people need them and some don't. Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) can be caused by viruses, bacteria and (less often) fungi. Most common respiratory tract infections such as colds, sore throats, sinusitis and laryngitis are caused by viruses.One type of virus can cause more than one type of RTI. For example, the viruses that cause a cold can also cause: 1  sinus infections (sinusitis).acteria can also cause RTIs, including serious infections such as pneumonia and whooping cough (pertussis) . Sometimes bacteria can cause a second infection after you have had an RTI caused by a virus. Find out more about different respiratory tract infections.
E. coli (Escherichia coli) is one of several types of bacteria that normally inhabit the intestine of humans and animals (commensal organism). Some strains of E. coli are capable of causing disease under certain conditions when the immune system is compromised or disease may result from an environmental exposure.. coli is the most frequent cause of urinary tract infection and is a serious gram-negative pathogen in wounds. E. coli septicemia may rapidly result in shock and death through the action of an endotoxin released from the bacteria. See also enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.