Microbiology Part 4

 

IMPORTANT HUMAN PATHOGENS

GRAM + COCCI
Staphyloccus aureus		Skin infections Abscess TOXIC SHOCK Usually associated with CELLULITIS
Staphyloccus pyogenes	STREP throat Rheumatic fecer Erypsipelas
Streptococcus pneumoniae	Pneumonia
GRAM + RODS
Bacillus	Anthrax
Clostridium difficile C.tetani	Gas Gangrene Tetanus
Corynebacterium	Diphtheria
ACID FAST RODS
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	TB
Mycobacterium leprae	Leprosy
Nocarida	Nocardiosis
GRAM – COCCI
Neisseria gonorrhea	Gonorrhoea
Neisseria meningitidis	Meningitis
GRAM -- RODS
Bordetella	Pertussis
Brucella	Brucellosis
Escherichia coli	Sepsis, diarrhea, urinary tract infection
Haemophilus influenzae	Meningitis
Legionella	Legionnaire’s disease
Pseudomonas	Oppurtunistic lung and burn infections
Salmonella	Typhoid fever, salmonellosis
Shigella	Dysentery
Vibrio cholerae	Cholera
Yersinia pestis	Plague
SPIROCHETES
Borrelia	Lyme disease
Treponema pallidum	Syphilis
OTHERS
Mycoplasma	Pneumonia, urinary infections
Rickettsia	Rocky mountain spotted fever
Chlamydia	Urethritis Vaginitis

 

FUNGI
SYSTEMIC MYCOSES
Aspergillus	Aspergillosis
Blastomyces	Blastomycosis
Candida albicans	Candidiasis
Coccidioides immitis	Valley fever
Cryptococcus neoformans	Cryptococcosis
Sporothrix schenckii	Sporotrichosis

 

PROTOZOA
Entamoeba histolytica	Amoebiasis
Giardia lamblia	Giardiasis
Plasmodium	Malaria
Toxoplasma gondii	Toxoplasmosis
Trichomonas vaginalis	Trichomoniasis
TrYpanosoma bruceii	Sleeping sickness

 

HELMINTHS
Ascaris lumbricoides	Acariosis
Cestodes	Tapeworm
Schistosoma	Schistosomiasis
Various fluke infections
Various roundworm infections

 

IMPORTANT VIRUS FAMILIES AND THEIR DISEASES
DNA VIRUS
Poxviridae	Variola Vaccinia	Small pox Cow pox
Herpes-viridae	Herpex Simplex 1	Fever blister Cold sores
	H.S 2	GENITAL HERPES
	Varicella zoster	Chickenpox Shingles
	Human cytomegalovirus	CMV infection
Adenoviridae	Human adenoviruses	Adenovirus infection
Papova-viridae	HPV	Warts
	JC virus	Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy PML
Hepadna-viridae	Hepa B HBV ; of Dane particle	Serum hepatitis
Parvo-viridae	Parvovirus B19	Erythema infectiosum
RNA VIRUSES
Picorna-viridae	Poliovirus	Poliomyelitis
	Coxsackievirus	HAND-FOOT MOUTH DISEASE
	Hepatitis virus (HAV)	Short term hepatitis
	Human Rhinovirus	Common cold Bronchitis
Calci-viridae	Norwalk virus	Viral diarrhea Norwalk virus syndrome
Toga-viridae	Eastern Equine encephalitis virus	Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
	Western EEV
	Yellow fever virus	Yellow Fever
	St. Louis encephalitis
	Rubella Virus	RUBELLA GERMAN MEASLES
Flavi-viridae	DENGUE FEVER VIRUS	Dengue fever
	West Nile Fever Virus	West Nile Fever
Bunya-viridae	Bunyamwera viruses	California encephalitis
	Sin nombre virus	Respiratory distress syndrome
	Rift valley fever virus
	Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Filo-viridae	EBOLA, Marburg virus	Ebola fever
Reo-viridae	Colorado tick fever
	Human rotavirus	Rotavirus Gastroenteritis
Orthomyxo-viridae	Influenza A (Asian, Hong Kong swine)	Influenza Flu
Paramyxo-viridae	Para-influenza 1-5
	Mumps	Mumps
	Measles	Measles (red)
	Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)	Common cold syndrome
Rhabdo-viridae	Rabies virus	Rabies HYDROPHOBIA
Retroviridae	Human t cell leukemia virus	T cell leukemia
	HIV (1 and 2)	AIDS
Arena-viridae	Lassa virus	Lassa fever
Corona-viridae	Infectious bronchitis virus IBV	Bronchitis
	Enteric corona virus	Coronavirus enteritis
	SARS virus	Severe acute respiratory syndrome