14 Types of Bacteria and 13 Types of Infections 🦠
If you’re looking for a fact-checked version of this viral-style post, it’s important to distinguish bacteria (organisms) from infections (illnesses they can cause).
🦠 14 important types of bacteria
- Staphylococcus aureus — skin and wound infections; some strains are antibiotic-resistant.
- Streptococcus pyogenes — strep throat and skin infections.
- Streptococcus pneumoniae — pneumonia, ear infections and meningitis.
- Escherichia coli (E. coli) — some strains cause intestinal illness or urinary infections.
- Salmonella — foodborne intestinal infections.
- Shigella — bacterial diarrhea and dysentery.
- Campylobacter — common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis.
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) — potentially severe diarrhea, often after antibiotic use.
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae — gonorrhea.
- Neisseria meningitidis — meningitis and bloodstream infections.
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis — tuberculosis.
- Helicobacter pylori — stomach infection associated with ulcers and increased stomach-cancer risk.
- Vibrio cholerae — cholera.
- Borrelia burgdorferi — Lyme disease in North America.
🧫 13 bacterial infections
Examples include:
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Strep throat
- Pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Lyme disease
- Gonorrhea
- Cholera
- Salmonellosis
- Shigellosis
- Campylobacter infection
- C. difficile infection
- Bacterial meningitis
- H. pylori infection
