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Hello there
.You can call me S. aureus
.I am a Gram Positive cocci (round) bacteria
I am also known as 'golden staph' because I form
.little yellow spots when I'm grown in a lab
Sometimes I can be a special type called
"Methicillin resistant S. aureus" (or MRSA) and it is
.VERY VERY hard to get rid of
I live naturally in the noses and throats of many
.people
.I cause pus filled infections anywhere I can get into
Specifically, I love skin, breasts, surgery or wounds,
.heart valves (endocarditis) and blood
I am the most common cause of joint and bone
.infections
I can also cause Staphylococcal scalded skin
.syndrome or Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome
?How do I do this
.I get into the throat and make toxins
.First I give you a cough, then your throat swells up
If it swells up enough, it can block your airway,
giving your breathing a "whooping" sound
.Hola. I'm C. jejuni
.I am a curved Gram Negative rod
.You can find me in lots of domestic animals
I am part of the normal bacterial flora of poultry
.and cattle
I get into people through dirty drinking water or
.under*****d meat, especialy chicken
I cause food poisoning, with a self limiting bloody
diarrhoea, abdominal cramps and fever
.Hello there
.You can call me H. pylori
.I am a helical Gram Negative rod
.I live in the mucous layer of the stomach
I am famous for causing duodenal and gastric ulcers
.by making the stomach secrete lots of acid
.I am also a risk factor to some gastric cancers
.More than half the people in the world have me
In 2005 two scientists from Perth, Western
Australia - Robin Warren and Barry Marshall - were
.given a Nobel prize for their work with me
Marshall even drank a dish full of me to give
.himself stomach ulcers and prove their theories
Before that, everyone thought stomach ulcers were
!caused by stress
.Howdy, my name is H. aegyptius
I'm a Gram negative bacteria from the Haemophilus
.genus
Some people consider me to be a special type of H.
.influenzae
I cause conjunctivits, but what I really enjoy giving
.to people is Brazilian purpuric fever
It causes fever, abdominal pain, vomiting and a
.purpuric rash
.It was very common in Brazilian children
.Hello, I'm H. ducreyi
.I'm a small, gram negative rod
.I am mostly found in developing countries
I cause chancroid, a disease which is ***ually
.transmitted
It has a soft chancre made of genital ulcers
Then I spread to your inguinal (groin) lymph nodes
.and enlarge them
.Sometimes they form abscesses
.Hello there
My name is N. influenzae, just like my friend before
.me
.But we are very different
I dont have a capsule like he does, so I can't be
.typed into a group
.I am a small, Gram negative rod
I can cause bronchitis, sinusitis and otitis media in
.the ear
.I can also cause pneumonia in the community
Scientists used to think that I caused flu, but then
.realised that it was caused by a virus instead
.Greetings! My name is H. influenzea
.But not just any H. influenzae
I have a special polysaccharide "capsule", so I can
Hello
.My name is C. perfringens
.I'm a Gram Positive rod and anaerobic
I live in soil and can make spores to survive to for a
.long time
."I can cause myonecrosis, or "gas gene
.I get into your muscles in wounds and make toxins
As I eat away at your muscles, I let off gases that
.build up between them
.When I am "type A", I can cause food poisoning
I live in under*****d meat and make spores in your
.gut
I make an enterotoxin that gives you cramping and
.diarrhoea
."My "type C" form causes "necrotising enteritis
.You have to eat under*****d pork with me in it
You also have to eat alot of foods like sweet
potatoes, which have a chemical called trypsin
.inhibitor in them
When they are together, I can make my -toxin and
eat away at your el
.Hello
.My name is C. diphtheriae
I'm a Gram Positive rod bacteria that can't form any
.spores
.I have an irregular shape
I used to live in lots of places
Now I mostly live where people don't have vaccines
.for me
I get into your throat and airway and make them
.swell up
.The swelling forms a covering, so you can't breath
.I give off toxins that hurt your heart and nerves
.Hello
.My name is B. cereus
I'm a Gram Positive rod and I can form spores if I
.want
!I love rice
Rice is one of my favourite places to live, especially
.if it's been reheated over and over
You can get food poisoning from me that will give
.you diarrhoea and vomiting
.I use a special toxin to make you sick
.Hey, my name is K. rhinoscleromatis
I'm a Gram negative bacteria, family
.enterobacteriaceae
.Hello
.My name is S. dysenteriae
I'm a Gram negative bacteria in the
.Enterbacteriaceae family
.I'm also part of tribe I, Ecsherichiae
My cousins S. flexneri, S. boydii, S. sonnei and I are
.all very close
We all cause bacterial dysentery, a diarrhoea with
.blood and pus
.We can do this because we have Shiga toxin
.We can be transmitted on clothes and furniture
I was all around in world war II and I killed King
!Henry V
.Hey, my name is E. coli
I'm a Gram negative bacteria and I'm part of the
.enterbacteriaceae family
.In my family I am part of tribe I, Escherichieae
.My whole family is oxidase negative
.I live in the els
My uropathic strains are the most common cause of
!urinary tract infection. For teh win
Some of my strains have virulence factors, so I can
.cause diarrhoea
The diarrhoea can watery or bloody, depending on
which strain you have
!Hey there
Call me V. parahaemolyticus, part of the Vibrio
.genus
I'm a Gram negative, oxidase positive fermenter
.bacteria
I live in salt water and you can get me by eating
.contaminated seafood
I cause gastroenteritis with watery diarrhoea,
.cramps and fever
.Most of the time my infection is self-limiting
!!I even appear in a comic
.Hi, I'm V. cholerae
I'm a Gram negative, oxidase positive fermenter
.bacteria