Relier Pairs Microbes 1Version en ligne Microbes 1-8 par Tamara Garcia 1 Helicobacter pylori 2 Borrelia burgdorferi 3 Pseudomonas 4 Neisseria gonorrheae 5 Legionella pneumophila 6 Treponema pallidum 7 Neisseria meningitidis 8 Campylobacter jejeuni causes Lyme disease. Vectored into humans by the bite of the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis. 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 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. 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. Found in cattle, pig, chicken intestines and contaminating meat products. Probably as common a cause of food poisoning as Salmonella. 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.