Causative agents of some infectious diseases

Actinomycosis: Actinomyces israelii

Anthrax: Bacillus anthracis

Bacillary dysentery: Shigella, Campylobacter, Escherichia,

other G-

Botulism: Clostridium botulinum

Brucellosis: Brucella sp. (abortus, melitensis, suis)

Candidiasis: Candida albicans

Cellulitis: Streptococcus pyogenes or Staphylococcus aureus

Chancroid: Haemophilus ducreyi

Cholera: Vibrio cholerae

Coccidioidomycosis: Coccidioides immitis

Conjunctivitis(pink eye): Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella lacunata, Chlamydia trachomatis, and others

Cystitis: Usually E. coli (bladder infection)

Dermatophytosis: Trichophyton, Microsporum,

Epidermophyton (all are skin fungi)

Diphtheria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Bacterial endocarditis: Several bacteria, such as Streptococci, Staphylococci, Neisseria, etc.

Epiglottitis: Haemophilus influenzae

Erysipelas: Streptococcus pyogenes

Erysipeloid: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Gastroenteritis: Campylobacter fetus

Glanders: Pseudomonas mallei

Gonorrhea: Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Histoplasmosis: Histoplasma capsulatum

Impetigo: Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus

Legionnaire's disease: Legionella pneumophila

Leprosy: Mycobacterium leprae

Leptospirosis: Leptospira species

Lyme disease: Borrelia burgdorferi

Melioidosis: Pseudomonas pseudomallei

Meningitis: Infection of the membrane surrounding spinal cord and brain caused by bacteria, viruses,

protozoa, fungi, or parasitic worms

Nocardiosis: Nocardia asteroides

Nongonococcal urethritis: Usually, Chlamydia trachomatis

Pinta: Treponema curateum

Plague: Yersinia pestis

Pneumococcal pneumonia: Usually Streptococcus pneumoniae

Primary atypical pneumonia: Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Pseudomembranous enterocolitis: Clostridium difficile

Puerperal sepsis: Streptococcus pyogenes and others

Relapsing fever: Borrelia recurrentis and other Borrelia sp.

Rheumatic fever: Streptococcus pyogenes

Rocky Mountain spotted fever: Rickettsia rickettsii

Scarlet fever: Streptococcus pyogenes

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcal pharyngitis: Streptococcus pyogenes (strep throat)

Syphilis: Treponema pallidum

Tetanus: Clostridium tetani

Toxic shock syndrome: Staphylococcus aureus

Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasma gondii

Tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tularemia: Francisella tularensis

Typhoid fever: Salmonella typhi

Typhus: Rickettsia prowazekii

Whooping cough: Bordetella pertussis

Yaws: Treponema pertenue

Diseases caused by viruses:

Adenovirus infections

Common cold

Genital herpes

Hepatitis (viral)

Infectious mononucleosis

Influenza

Mumps

Poliomyelitis

Rabies

Rubella (German measles)

Rubeola (measles)

Varicella (chicken pox)

Warts (verrucae)

Yellow fever

Poliomyelitis