Neisseria gonorrhoeae Salmonella enterica Haemophilus influenzae Causes bronchitis, meningitis, cellulitis, pneumonia, doesnt cause Influenza Vibrio cholera Bordetella pertussis Causes whooping cough Staphylococcus aureus Frequently found in wounds, lungs and skin. MRSA is the resistant form resistant to Flucloxacillin Clostridium difficile A "bad" bacteria which gains dominance in the bowel after treatment with antibiotics kill off the good bacteria, it causes severe diarrhoea Escherichia coli ETEC Enterotoxigenic EC, affects the colon causes gastro upset Shigella species Neisseria meningitidis Campylobacter jejuni Pseudomonas aeruginosa Common in wounds, contains the pyocyanin pigment classic green/blue exudate. can be resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Causes cold like symptoms and pneumonia, responsible for walking pneumonia Streptococcus pyogenes Salmonella typhi Bacillus cereus Causes food poisoning, also found in wounds Non- Tuberculosis Mycobacterium "NTM" Not TB but same mycobacterium family, resistant to lots of antibiotics. Found in soil, causes lung infection Yersinia pestis Bacteria responsible for the plague. now rare but still present in parts of worl. spread via rodents infected from fleas. Proteus species anaerobic, motile bacteria that swarm across solid surfaces at right temp. infect wounds and cause UTI Helicobacter pylori Live in the stomach can cause gastric ulcers and cancer. affects up to 2 in 5 people Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax, a deadly disease in livestock and occasionally humans Treponema pallidum Causes Syphilis an STI, Corynebacterium diptheriae Causes Diptheria,which can be respiratory or cutaneous, where it can be found in chronic non healing wounds Borrelia burgdorferi Causes Lyme disease, infects humans via tick bites Mycobacterium leprae Causes Hansens disease (Leprosy) chronic but curable, i damages peripheral nerves and the skin Klebsiella pneumoniae Causes pneumonia, wound infection and meningitis. Some strains are resistant to Abx Clostridium botulinum Causes Botulism, which can be fatal and causes muscle paralysis which can affect the diaphragm Clostridium tetani Causes Tetanus. Found in soil it can lead to severe muscle cramps and spasms including lock jaw Listeria monocytogenes Causes Listeriosis, found in contaminated foods, causes serious flu like symptoms Escherichia coli STEC Shiga toxin producing Ecoli, found in livestock produce toxins that cause severe infection in humans Mycobacterium tuberculosis Causes Tuberculosis which can affect lungs but also other body organs inc joints and lymph nodes Clostridium perfringens Causes food poisoning found in vegetable matter, common cause of gas gangrene in wounds Streptococcus pneumoniae Lives in throat causes ear and sinus infections also pneumonia and meningitis Neisseria gonorrhoeae Salmonella enterica Haemophilus influenzae Causes bronchitis, meningitis, cellulitis, pneumonia, doesnt cause Influenza Vibrio cholera Bordetella pertussis Causes whooping cough Staphylococcus aureus Frequently found in wounds, lungs and skin. MRSA is the resistant form resistant to Flucloxacillin Clostridium difficile A "bad" bacteria which gains dominance in the bowel after treatment with antibiotics kill off the good bacteria, it causes severe diarrhoea Escherichia coli ETEC Enterotoxigenic EC, affects the colon causes gastro upset Shigella species Neisseria meningitidis Campylobacter jejuni Pseudomonas aeruginosa Common in wounds, contains the pyocyanin pigment classic green/blue exudate. can be resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Causes cold like symptoms and pneumonia, responsible for walking pneumonia Streptococcus pyogenes Salmonella typhi Bacillus cereus Causes food poisoning, also found in wounds Non- Tuberculosis Mycobacterium "NTM" Not TB but same mycobacterium family, resistant to lots of antibiotics. Found in soil, causes lung infection Yersinia pestis Bacteria responsible for the plague. now rare but still present in parts of worl. spread via rodents infected from fleas. Proteus species anaerobic, motile bacteria that swarm across solid surfaces at right temp. infect wounds and cause UTI Helicobacter pylori Live in the stomach can cause gastric ulcers and cancer. affects up to 2 in 5 people Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax, a deadly disease in livestock and occasionally humans Treponema pallidum Causes Syphilis an STI, Corynebacterium diptheriae Causes Diptheria,which can be respiratory or cutaneous, where it can be found in chronic non healing wounds Borrelia burgdorferi Causes Lyme disease, infects humans via tick bites Mycobacterium leprae Causes Hansens disease (Leprosy) chronic but curable, i damages peripheral nerves and the skin Klebsiella pneumoniae Causes pneumonia, wound infection and meningitis. Some strains are resistant to Abx Clostridium botulinum Causes Botulism, which can be fatal and causes muscle paralysis which can affect the diaphragm Clostridium tetani Causes Tetanus. Found in soil it can lead to severe muscle cramps and spasms including lock jaw Listeria monocytogenes Causes Listeriosis, found in contaminated foods, causes serious flu like symptoms Escherichia coli STEC Shiga toxin producing Ecoli, found in livestock produce toxins that cause severe infection in humans Mycobacterium tuberculosis Causes Tuberculosis which can affect lungs but also other body organs inc joints and lymph nodes Clostridium perfringens Causes food poisoning found in vegetable matter, common cause of gas gangrene in wounds Streptococcus pneumoniae Lives in throat causes ear and sinus infections also pneumonia and meningitis
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Salmonella enterica
Causes bronchitis, meningitis, cellulitis, pneumonia, doesnt cause Influenza
Vibrio cholera
Causes whooping cough
Frequently found in wounds, lungs and skin. MRSA is the resistant form resistant to Flucloxacillin
A "bad" bacteria which gains dominance in the bowel after treatment with antibiotics kill off the good bacteria, it causes severe diarrhoea
Enterotoxigenic EC, affects the colon causes gastro upset
Shigella species
Neisseria meningitidis
Campylobacter jejuni
Common in wounds, contains the pyocyanin pigment classic green/blue exudate. can be resistant
Causes cold like symptoms and pneumonia, responsible for walking pneumonia
Streptococcus pyogenes
Salmonella typhi
Causes food poisoning, also found in wounds
"NTM" Not TB but same mycobacterium family, resistant to lots of antibiotics. Found in soil, causes lung infection
Bacteria responsible for the plague. now rare but still present in parts of worl. spread via rodents infected from fleas.
anaerobic, motile bacteria that swarm across solid surfaces at right temp. infect wounds and cause UTI
Live in the stomach can cause gastric ulcers and cancer. affects up to 2 in 5 people
causes anthrax, a deadly disease in livestock and occasionally humans
Causes Syphilis an STI,
Causes Diptheria,which can be respiratory or cutaneous, where it can be found in chronic non healing wounds
Causes Lyme disease, infects humans via tick bites
Causes Hansens disease (Leprosy) chronic but curable, i damages peripheral nerves and the skin
Causes pneumonia, wound infection and meningitis. Some strains are resistant to Abx
Causes Botulism, which can be fatal and causes muscle paralysis which can affect the diaphragm
Causes Tetanus. Found in soil it can lead to severe muscle cramps and spasms including lock jaw
Causes Listeriosis, found in contaminated foods, causes serious flu like symptoms
Shiga toxin producing Ecoli, found in livestock produce toxins that cause severe infection in humans
Causes Tuberculosis which can affect lungs but also other body organs inc joints and lymph nodes
Causes food poisoning found in vegetable matter, common cause of gas gangrene in wounds
Lives in throat causes ear and sinus infections also pneumonia and meningitis
