Health / Bacteria

They are small single-celled organisms.

Types of Bacteria
S. No Bacteria Transmission Illness it cause
1 STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS human contact Pneumonia, Flesh Eating Disease
2 BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA one cystic fibrosis person to other Pneumonia
3 PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA contact  to soil, water, and plants Pneumonia, Various Infections
4 CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE contact with contaminated surfaces, devices, or material with Clostridium spores Diarrhoea
5 KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE Person to person contact (Person with contaminated hands touches a wound) Lung infections, Pneumonia
6 ESCHERICHIA COLI consumption of contaminated foods Diarrhoea, Urinary Tract Infection, Meningitis
7 ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII who have open wounds direct contact with surfaces, objects, or the skin of people that are contaminated with. Pneumonia, Meningitis, Urinary Tract Infection
8 MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS infected person to a susceptible person in airborne particles Tuberculosis
9 NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE Sexually Gonorrhoea
10 STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES respiratory droplets, hand contact with nasal discharge and skin contact with impetigo lesions Sore throat, skin disorders


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