Pathogens bingo...backafteradozenyrs is our winner!!!

[yagam1]

I got one more today putting me at 7/10. Expecting someone to shout Bingo anytime now!

[Squirrel]

Still not my numbers although one was close to it.

To those who will be much closer.

[jess223]

I am at 8/10. I'm surprised we don't have a bingo!

[pattiebelle]

Wow, I thought for sure there'd be a bingo today...

I didn't get either of these, so I'm still at 7/10.

This is so tense!!!

Goooood luuuuuuck

[millymolly]

Caught up today, has both of those GL to those close

[Lessa54]

I have TB! Fortunately not literally.... But that does take me up to 8/10. Can't believe no-one's called bingo yet though.

[jocellogirl]

I have one more, I'm up to nine
I bet there's a winner today.
There are only six more numbers left,
Not long until Hip Hip Hurray!!

[dwitt]

I am going to find it very funny if we are all waiting on the same diseases/viruses LOL

[backafteradozenyrs]

I am going to find it very funny if we are all waiting on the same diseases/viruses LOL

So, which one are you waiting on, dwitt???

[Fizzbw]

I got both of those so am up to 8/10! exciting....

Niki xx

[nachosmiley]

I too cannot believe this is still running....today for sure! Ok the numbers are 22 and 23!!

22. Naeglaria fowleri

Naegleria fowleri A.K.A. the brain-eating amoeba is not actually an amoeba at all. The organisms in question — which, like true amoebas are microbes called protists — do alternate between cysts, flagellate (swimming) forms, and amoeba-like (blobby, crawling) forms that are more properly called “trophozoites”. When times are good, these trophozoites crawl through the mud in search of bacteria to eat. When times are bad, they sprout tails and swim off like guided missiles in search of happier hunting grounds. Either of these forms can rarely, accidentally infect humans, typically in warm, shallow water in the southern U.S. in summertime. N. fowleri can invade the central nervous system via the nose. The penetration initially results in significant necrosis of and hemorrhaging in the olfactory bulbs. From there, the amoeba climbs along nerve fibres through the floor of the cranium and into the brain. The organism begins to consume cells of the brain by means of a unique sucking apparatus extended from its cell surface. N. fowleri are not normally parasites of humans; they prefer bacteria and don’t seek out people. They only infect us when we swim into their habitat and happen to bump into them nose-first. Hungry and far from home, they crawl into our brains and start eating like crazy, killing the unfortunate host 98% of the time.

23 Helicobacter pylori

Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium found in the stomach. It was identified in 1982 by Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, who found that it was present in patients with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers, conditions that were not previously believed to have a microbial cause. It is also linked to the development of duodenal ulcers and stomach cancer. However, over 80% of individuals infected with the bacterium are asymptomatic and the theory goes that it may play an important role in the natural stomach ecology.

[jocellogirl]

Nope
Well done to whoever wins

[backafteradozenyrs]

BINGO! I got N. fowliery (whatevert!)

[nachosmiley]

There is more than one with bingo today...it's the first to pm that gets it!!

[jocellogirl]

Well done Diana
Have you pm'd Nacho?

[backafteradozenyrs]

Hi Jo,
Yes, my PM crossed path w/her post! How exciting!

[nachosmiley]

We have a winner!!

A big CONGRATULATIONS to..........Diana (backafteradozenyrs)!

That pesky brain eating amoeba turned out to be quite helpful today!!

Thanks for playing everyone.....it was a very close run game! I hope I haven't turned anyone into a hypochondriac with all the info on the wee beasties!!

I will post the info on the remaining microbes a bit later on for any who are interested.

[backafteradozenyrs]

Thank you nachosmiley for a really good (& sometimes gross) game! I learned things that I never knew I wanted to know, you know?

[Emmylou]

Congratulations!

[dwitt]

Congrats!!!!!!!
I ended up with 9/10.... got 23 but needed 8... can't wait to see what the next subject is