Helicobacter pylori
Neisseria meningitidis
Pseudomonas
Campylobacter jejeuni
Neisseria gonorrheae
Legionella pneumophila
Borrelia burgdorferi
Treponema pallidum
Found in cattle, pig, chicken intestines and contaminating meat products. Probably as common a cause of food poisoning as Salmonella.
causes Lyme disease. Vectored into humans by the bite of the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis.
Meningococcal meningitis
discovered when it sickened 182, killed 26 in a mysterious pneumonia outbreak at a 1976 American Legionnaire’s convention in Philadelphia. Now known to be common in streams as well as sometimes in the water lines of air- conditioning systems. Responsible for a significant number of pneumonia cases in nursing homes.
causes syphilis, a sexually-transmitted disease
infection with this organism is a necessary prerequisite for a gastric ulcer. So ulcers are now treated with a course of antibiotics.
cause of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease; often results in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) which can scar Fallopian tubes and cause sterility; neonatal infections from mother at birth are possible
Common in water and soil. Resistant to antibiotics and disinfectants. Serious pneumonia in people with cystic fibrosis and grows thick and sticky mucus in lungs. Green/blue pus that smells like Concord grapes.
