Microbial
Diseases of the Skin & Eyes
cause:
Staphylococcus aureus
cause:
Staphylococcus aureus (usually; also Streptococcus pyogenes)
cause:
Staphylococcus aureus
cause:
Staphylococcus aureus
Otitis externa
(swimmer¹s ear)
cause:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
cause:
Propionibacterium acnes
cause:
papillomaviruses (HPV)
cause:
poxvirus (smallpox (variola) virus)
cause:
herpesvirus varicella-zoster (human herpesvirus-3)
cause:
herpes zoster virus
Measles
(Rubeola)
cause:
paramyxovirus (measles virus)
cause:
togavirus (rubella virus)
cause:
Neisseria gonorrheae
cause:
Chlamydia trachomatis
cause:
Chlamydia trachomatis
Microbial
Diseases of the Nervous System
Bacterial
Meningitis:
- Haemophilus influenzae meningitis
- cause: H. influenzae
- Neisseria meningitis (meningococcal meningitis
- cause: N. meningitidis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis (pneumococcal meningitis)
-
cause: S. pneumoniae
-
Listeriosis:
-
cause:
Listeria monocytogenes
cause:
Clostridium tetani
cause:
Clostridium botulinum
cause:
Mycobacterium leprae
cause:
poliovirus
cause:
rabies virus
cause:
mosquito-borne viruses (arbovirus or arthropod-borne virus)
African
Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
cause:
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense transmitted through bite of
tsetse fly
cause:
the amoeba Naegleria fowleri
Microbial
Diseases of the Cardiovascular & Lymphatic Systems
cause:
a-hemolytic streptococci
cause:
Staphylococcus aureus
cause:
Streptococcus pyogenes
cause:
Brucella
species
cause:
Bacillus anthracis
cause:
Clostridium
species
cause: Bartonella
henselae
cause:
Yersinia pestis, transmitted by rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis
cause:
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV or EB virus)
Lyme
Disease (Lyme Borreliosis)
cause:
Borrelia burgdorferi, transmitted by tick, Ixodes
cause:
Toxoplasma gondii
cause:
one of four species of Plasmodium, transmitted by Anopheles mosquito
Microbial
Diseases of the Respiratory System
Streptococcal
Pharyngitis (Strep Throat)
cause:
Group A Beta hemolytic (Streptococcus pyogenes)
cause:
also Streptococcus pyogenes that produce an erythogenic toxin
cause:
an exotoxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Otitis
Media (middle ear infection/earache)
cause:
most commonly Streptococcus pneumoniae (also H. influenzae, S. pyogenes, S. aureus)
cause:
usually rhinoviruses; also coronaviruses & others
Pertussis
(whooping cough)
cause:
Bordetella pertussis
cause:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
cause:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
influenzae
pneumonia
cause:
Haemophilus influenzae
cause:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
cause:
Legionella pneumophila
cause:
Influenzavirus
cause:
ingesting airborne arthrospores of Coccidioides immitis
Microbial
Diseases of the Digestive System
Dental
caries (tooth decay)
cause:
usually Streptococcus mutans
cause:
Staphylococcus aureus
cause:
Salmonella
bacteria
cause:
Salmonella typhi
cause:
Vibrio cholerae
cause:
mumps virus
cause:
Giardia lamblia
cause:
tapeworms (Taenia species)
cause:
Trichinella spiralis
Microbial
Diseases of the Reproductive System
cause:
Neisseria gonorrhea
cause:
Treponema pallidum
cause:
herpesvirus
cause:
Trichomonas vaginalis