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HTML

<div class='entry'>
    <p>#antibiotics destroy #e-coli and that&#39;s not good!!!!</p>
    <!-- Hashtags: #antibiotics #eColi -->
    <!-- UID: 755a2a60-972e-11e3-a464-872f2fc4dea2 -->
</div>

<div class='entry'>
    <p>#bacteria can be #friendly, such as #e-coli for example</p>
    <!-- Hashtags: #bacteria #friendly #eColi -->
    <!-- UID: 6cc66d00-972e-11e3-a464-872f2fc4dea2 -->
</div>

<div class='entry'>
    <p>#antibiotics can fight #bacteria</p>
    <!-- Hashtags: #antibiotics #bacteria -->
    <!-- UID: b37992c0-9686-11e3-8b2c-c97ae6645b3b -->
</div>

<div class="links">
<a href="javascript:;">#bacteria</a> <a href="javascript:;">#antibiotics</a>
</div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('.entry').hide();
    $('.links').on('click','a',function(e){
        var $ctx = $(e.target);
        var contains = $ctx.text();
        $('.entry').hide();
        $('.entry:contains('+contains+')').show();
        return false;
    });    
});