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Title: Bacterial Diseases


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Bacterial Diseases
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Lyme Disease
  • Borrelia burgdorferi
  • From a tick bite, fever, fatigue, headaches,
    muscle aches, joint aches
  • Bulls-eye shaped rash

3
Tetanus (Lock jaw)
  • Clostridium tetani
  • Toxins released by bacteria interfere with
    nervous system
  • Severe muscle spasms and death
  • Commonly contracted from deep puncture wound or
    self-piercing with contaminated materials

4
Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Fatigue, weight loss, fever, chronic cough
  • Tubercles form in lungs (dormant form)
  • Affects nearly 1/3 of the worlds population
  • Spread through cough

5
Gonorrhea
  • Male symptoms
  • Thick, foul-smelling discharge from penis
  • Painful urination
  • Testiculur and abdominal pain
  • Female symptoms
  • Pus-like vaginal discharge
  • Pain urinating
  • Bleeding after intercourse
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Transmitted by oral, anal, or vaginal sex
  • Treated with antibiotics

6
Chlamydia
  • Chlamydia trachomatis
  • One of the most common STDs on college campuses
  • Burning during urination
  • Discharge from the penis or vagina
  • Pain and itching

7
Strep Throat
  • Streptococcus pyogenes
  • Fever, sore throat, swollen glands
  • Antibiotics can cause it to go away faster

8
Tooth Decay
  • Streptococcus mutans
  • Destruction of tooth enamel
  • Bacteria doubles in 24 hours
  • Brush and floss daily

9
Bacterial meningitis
  • Neisseria meningitis
  • High fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea, fatigue
  • Most common in college dorms

10
Anthrax
  • Bacillus anthracis
  • Spore-forming bacteria
  • Spread by eating undercooked meat (vomiting and
    diarrhea, possible death), breathing in spores
    (usually fatal), skin contact (ulcers, rashes,
    not fatal)
  • Used in Bioterrorism

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Botulism
  • Clostridium botulinum
  • Blurred vision, slurred speech, difficulty
    swallowing, muscle weakness, paralysis
  • From a wound, contaminated food
  • Botox is a toxin secreted by Clostridium botulinum
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