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Bacterial Infections
- Tetanus
- Cause: Clostridium tetani
- Transmission: Through open wound
- Symptoms: Fever, pain, spasms of neck and jaws
- Cure: Sedation, administration of muscle relaxing chemicals, antibiotics and antitoxins
- Prevention: Vaccine
- Cause: Clostridium tetani
- Typhoid
- Cause: Salmonella enterica
- Transmission: Contaminated water and food
- Symptoms: Fever, headaches, constipation and
diarrhoea
- Cure: Antibiotics
- Prevention: presence of hygienic conditions, vaccine
- Cause: Salmonella enterica
- Cholera
- Cause: Vibrio cholerae
- Transmission: Contaminated water
- Symptoms: Chronic diarrhoea, dehydration, loss of liquids and
salts
- Prevention: Vaccine and presence of hygiene
- Cure: Oral rehydration, intravenous administration of fluids
- Cause: Vibrio cholerae
- Plague
- Cause: Yersinia pestis
- Transmission: Fleas
- Symptoms: Fever, swelling of the lymphatic ganglions and skin
- Cure: Antibiotics, Vaccine
- Prevention: Keep away from infected rodents
- Cause: Yersinia pestis
- Tuberculosis
- Cause: Koch bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
- Transmission: Air and milk from infested cows
- Symptoms: Prolonged coughing, fever, shivering, bloody expectoration, weight loss, sweating, tiredness, and
glossy eyes
- Cure: Resting, clean air, proper diet, besides medication.
- Prevention: BCG (Bacille Calmette Guerin) decreases risk of infection, pasteurization of the milk, vaccine for
children
- Cause: Koch bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
- Pneumonia
- Cause: Aeromonas hydrophila, Streptococcus pneumoniae and other bacteria
- Symptoms: Fever, shiver, sweating, cough with
expectoration, muscle, head and thoracic pain, appetite loss,
weakness
- Transmission: Inhalation of infected air or via air-borne droplets from a cough or sneeze
- Cure: Antibiotics, oxygen, liquids, physiotherapy and/or vaccine trimetropin sulfamethoxazole
- Prevention: Flu shot, vaccination
- Cause: Aeromonas hydrophila, Streptococcus pneumoniae and other bacteria
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