1. Rheumatic Fever AKA: Rheumatic heart disease Streptococcus (Group A)
Inflammatory disease that damages heart valves
Brain, spinal cord, joints, skin
Children ages 6-15
~20 days after strep throat or scarlet fever (saliva, nasal discharge)
Common in developing countries.
No cure.
Treated with antibiotics, anti-inflammatory agents, cardiac medications
Bacterial shape: cocci
Gram-positive bacteria

2. Your task:
You will be assigned a disease causing bacteria to investigate and present to the class.
Your powerpoint should include no more than 4 slides with the following things listed:
Picture(s) of bacteria & any related ailments.
Any alternate names of the disease
What shape is the bacteria? (bacillus, cocci, or spirillum)
Is it gram-negative or gram-positive?
Transmission (How do you get the disease?)
Signs/Symptoms (What does it affect in the body?)
Who typically is affected? (animal, specific age-group, race, geographical location, etc.)
Number of victims (total or annually, depends on bacteria)
Treatment (most effective weapons against the germ)
Resources

3. Possible resources to use:
Mayoclinic.com
eMedicine
Medline Plus
CDC
Do not use Wikipedia as a source. Also, do not list “Google” as a source. It is only a search engine.