salmonella & gonorrhea

• Salmonella


  Bacteria that cause salmonella food poisoning
• Gonorrhoea

  Sexually transmitted disease (STD)
• Salmonella food poisoning and Gonorrhoea are communicable diseases
• Bacteria can be killed using antibiotics
• How Salmonella spreads

  Ingesting infected food prepared in unhygienic conditions
• Salmonella bacteria


  Secrete harmful chemicals = toxins that cause symptoms of salmonella
• Salmonella bacteria are sometimes found in poultry such as chicken
• In UK all chickens are vaccinated against salmonella = controls the spread of the disease
• Gonorrhoea is easily treated using antibiotic penicillin
• Gonorrhoea is antibiotic resistant
• How to treat gonorrhoea

  1. Using antibiotics to kill bacteria

  2. People who have unprotected sex should test for gonorrhoea

  3. Using a condom
• symptoms of gonorrhoea?

  •  a thick green or yellow discharge from the vagina or penis
  • painful to urinate
  • bleeding from anus