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Pathogens and the Diseases They Cause
Viruses
Virus
Adenovirus
Family Group
Adenoviridae
Arenavirus
Bunyavirus
Canine Parvovirus
Colorado Tick Fever
Coronavirus
Coxsackle
Arenaviridae
Arenaviridae
Bunyaviridae
Parvoviridae
Reoviridae
Coronaviridae
Picornaviridae
Cytomegalovirus
Herpesviridae
Dengue
Flaviviridae
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Ebola
Enterovirus
Togaviridae
Filoviridae
Picornaviridae
Epstein-Barr
Hepesviridae
Erythrovirus (B19)
Parvoviridae
Feline Panleukopenia
Parvoviridae
Hantaan
Hantavirus
Bunyaviridae
Bunyaviridae
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Picornaviridae
Hepadnaviridae
Unknown
Disease
Acute upper & lower
respiratory tract distress,
pharyngitis, opneumonia,
follicular conjunctivitis,
epidemic
keratoconjunctivitis
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
Lassa fever
Encephalitis
Severe vomiting & diarrhea
Encephaitis
Colds, GI disturbances
Common cold syndrome &
pharyngitis, severe systemic
illness of newborns, muscle
pain & damage, diabetes,
meningo-encephalitis.
Mononucleosis, congenital
cytomegalic inclusion
disease, severe birth
defects.
Dengue fever (break-bone
fever)
Encephalitis
Hemorrhagic fever
Acute hemorrhagic
conjunctivitis
Burkitt’s lymphoma,
infectious mononucleosis,
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Aplastic crisis in sickle cell
anemia, fifth disease
(erythema infectiosum)
Decreased number of white
blood cells with fever
Korean hemorrhagic fever
Hantavirus pulmonary
syndrome
Infectious hepatitis
Serum hepatitis
Hepatitis C (Non-A, Non-
Hepatitis D
Unknown
Hepatitis E
Unknown
Herpes Simplex Type 1
Herpesviridae
Herpes Simplex Type 2
Herpesviridae
Herpesvirus
Human Immunodeficiency
(HIV)
Human Papillomavirus
Herpesviridae
Retroviridae
Papovaviridae
Influenza
Marburg
Measles
Orthomyxoviridae
Filoviridae
Paramyxoviridae
Monkeypoxvirus
Parainfluenza
Orthopoxviridae
Paramyxoviridae
Paramyxovirus (mumps)
Poliovirus
Polyomavirus: BK
Paramyxoviridae
Picornaviridae
Papovaviridae
Polyomavirus: JC
Poxyvirus group
(unclassified)
Rabies
Respiratory Syncytial
Papovaviridae
Unknown
Rhabdoviridae
Paramyxoviridae
Rhinovirus
Rift Vally fever
Rotavirus
Rubella
Picornaviridae
Bunyaviridae
Reoviridae
Togaviridae
B)
Hepatitis D (Delta
Hepatitis)
Hepatitis E (enterically
transmitted non-A, non-B,
non-C)
Oral herpes,
gingivostomitis, herpes
labialis (cold sores),
keratoconjunctivitis,
herpetic whitlow
Genital herpes, oral herpes
& whitlow
Neningoencephalitis
HIV disease, AIDS
Common warts
(papillomas), genital warts
(condylomas); associated
with cervical cancer
Influenza (Flu)
Hemorrhagic fever
Rubeola, sometimes subacute sclerosing
panenceohalitis (SSPE)
Monkeypox
Rhinitis, pharyngitis,
bronchitis, pneumonia,
croup
Mumps
Poliomyelitis
Associated with renal
transplant infection,
immunosuppressed patients
Mild respiratory illness
Molluscum contagiosum
Rabies
Pneumonia in children
under age 1, upper
respiratory infection in
older children and adults
Common cold
Fever & hemorrhage
Enteritis
German measles, 3-day
St. Louis Encephalitis
Smallpoxvirus
Varicella-Zoster
Venezuelan Equine
Encephalitis
Western Equine
Encephalitis
Yellow Fever
Flaviviridae
Orthopoxviridae
Herpesviridae
Togaviridae
measles
Encephalitis
Smallpox
Chickenpox, shingles
Encephalitis
Togaviridae
Encephalitis
Flaviviridae
Yellow fever
Fungi
Organism
Aspergillus sp,
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Candida albicans
Calviceps purpurea
Coccidioides immitis
Epidermophyton sp.
Filobasidiella neoformans
Histoplasma capsulatum
Microsporum sp.
Mucor sp.
Pneumocystis carinii
Rhizopus sp.
Sporothrix schencki
Trichophyton sp.
Disease
Aspergillosis, pneumonia in compromised
patients, skin infections in burn patients,
corneal & external ear infections
Blastomycosis
Candidiasis
Ergot poisoning
Coccidiodomycosis (valley fever)
Ringworm (tinea)
Cryptococcosis
Histoplasmosis
Ringworm (tinea)
Zygomycosis
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Zygomycosis
Sporotrichosis
Ringworm (tinea)
Parasites
Organism
Ancylostoma duodenale
(hookworm)
Ascaris lumbriccoides
Babesia microti
Balantidium coli
Clonorchis sinensis
(Chinese liver fluke)
Cryptosporidium sp.
Diphyllobothrium latum
(broad fish tapeworm)
Dirofilaria immitis
(heartworm)
Dracunculus medinensis
(Guinea worm)
Type
Roundworm
Roundworm
Protozoan
Protozoan
Flatworm
Disease
Old World hookworm
disease
Ascariasis
Babesiosis
Balantidiasis
Clonorchiasis
Protozoan
Flatworm
Cryptosporidiosis
Diphyllobothriasis
Roundworm
Heartworm Disease
(filariasis)
Dracunculiasis
Roundworm
Echinococcus glanulosus
Entamoeba histolytica
Enterobius vermicularis
(pinworm)
Fasciola hepatica (sheep
liver fluke)
Fasciolopsis buski (Chinese
liver fluke)
Giardia intestinalis
Hymenolepsis nana (dwarf
tapeworm)
Leishmania L. braziliensis
Flatworm
Protozoan
Roundworm
Echinococcosis
Amoebic dysentery
Pinworm infestation
Flatworm
Fascioliasis
Flatworm
Fasciolopsiasis
Protozoan
Flatworm
Giardiasis
Hymenolepiasis
Protozoan
Leishmania L. donovani
Leishmania L. tropica
Lola lola
Necator americanus
(hookworm)
Onchocerca valvulus
Protozoan
Protozoan
Roundworm
Roundworm
Paragonimus westermani
(liver/lung fluke)
Pediculus humanus
Phthirus pubis
Plasmodium sp.
Sacoptes scabiei
Schistocoma sp.
Shistosoma sp.
Strongyloides stercoralis
Taenia saginata (beef
tapeworm)
Taenia solium (pork
tapeworm)
Toxocara sp.
Toxoplasma gondii
Trichinella spiralis
Trichomonas vaginalis
Trichuris trichiura
(whipworm)
Trombicula sp.
Trypanosoma bruccei
gambiense
Trypanosoma brucei
rhodesiense
Flatworm
Leishmaniasis cutaneous
and mucous membrane
infection
Kala azar
Oriental sore (cutaneous)
Loaiasis
New World hookworm
disease
Onchocerciasis (river
blindness)
Paragonimiasis
Louse
Louse
Protozoan
Mite
Flatworm
Flatworm
Roundworm
Flatworm
Pediculosis (lice infestation)
“crabs” (pubic lice)
Malaria
Scabies
Swimmer’s itch
Schistosomiasis
Strongyloidiasis
Taeniasis
Flatworm
Taeniasis
Roundworm
Protozoan
Roundworm
Protozoan
Roundworm
Visceral larva migrans
Toxoplasmosis
Trichninosis
Trichomoniasis
Trichuriasis
Mite
Protozoan
Chigger dermatitis
Trypanosomiasis (African
sleeping sickness)
Trypanosomiasis (African
sleeping sickness)
Roundworm
Protozoan
Trypanosoma cruzi
Tunga penetrans
Wuchereria bancrofti
Chagas’ disease
Chigger infestation
Elephantiasis
Protozoan
Sandflea
Roundworm
Bacteria
Organism
Actinomadura sp.
Gram Stain
+
Basic Morphology
Rod, some
filamentous forms
Filamentous,
diptheroid, coccal
Actinomyces israelii
+
Afipia felis
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus cereus
Bacteroides sp.
+
+
-
Rod
Rod, encapsulated
Rod, encapsulated
Small rod
Bartonella
bacilliormis
-
Curved or coccoid
Bartonella henselae
Bordetella pertussis
Borrelia burgdorferi
Borrelia recurrentis
NA
-
Coccobacillus
Coccobacillus
Spiral
Large spiral
Brycella sp.
-
Coccobacillus
Calymmatobacterium
granulomatis
-
Rod, encapsulated
Campylobacter sp.
Chlamydia psittaci
NA
Rod
Coccoid, very tiny
Chlamydia
trachomatis
NA
Coccoid, very tiny
Clostridium
botulinum
+
Rod
Diseases
Madura foot
(maduromycosis)
Actinomycosis,
mouth, & other
lesions
Cat scratch fever
Anthrax
Food poisoning
Mouth lesions,
septicemia,
abscesses, Vincent’s
angina
Oroya fever
(systemic form),
verruga peruana
(cutaneous form)
Cat scratch fever
Whooping cough
Lyme disease
Epidemic relapsing
fever
Brucellosis (undulant
fever or Malta fever)
Granduloma
inguinale
(donovanosis)
Gastroenteritis
Ornithosis
(psittacosis)
Conjuntivitis,
trachoma, genital
tract infection
(nongonococcal
urethritis), infant
pneumonitis,
lymphogranuloma
venereum
Food poisoning
(botulism), would
Clostridium difficile
+
Rod
Clostridium
perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Corynebacterium
diptheriae
+
Rod
+
+
Rod
Rod, club-shaped,
pleomorphic, forms
palisades
Coxiella burnetti
Escherichia coli
NA
-
Coccobacillus
Rod
Francisella
tularensis
Gardnerella
vaginalis
-
Small rod
(coccobacillus)
Small rod
Haemophilus
aegyptius
Haemophilus ducreyi
Haemophilus
influenzae
-
Coccobacillus
-
Rod
Coccobacillus,
some strains form
capsules
Helicobacter pylori
-
Curved rod
Klebsiella
pneumoniae
-
Rod, encapsulated
Legionella
pneumophillia
Leptospiria
interrogans
Listeria
monocytogenes
Mycobacterium
avium
-
Coccoid rod
-
Spiral
+
Rod
A-F
Rod
infections, infant
botulism
Pseudomembranous
colitis
Gas gangrene, food
poisoning
Tetanus
Diptheria:
pharyngeal,
laryngeal, &
cutaneous
Q fever pneumonia
Urinary tract
infections, “traveler’s
diarrhea”,
nosocomial
infections
Tularemia
Bacterial vaginitis
(nonspecific),
urethritis
Bacterial
conjunctivitis
Chancroid
Meningitis in
children under 5,
epiglottis, ear
infections,
pneumonia in elderly
or compromised
patients
Chronic gastritis,
peptic ulcer
Pneumonia, infant
diarrhea, urinary tract
infections
Legionnaire’s disease
(pneumonia)
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis,
meningitis, abortion
Chronic pulmonary
disease, opportunistic
infections in
Mycobacterium
leprae
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Mycoplasm
pneumonia
A-F
Rod
A-F
Rod, branching
forms
Too small to be
visualized by light
microscope
Cocci in pairs
NA
immunosuppressed
patients
Hansen’s disease
(leprosy)
Tuberculosis
Primary atypical
bacterial pneumonia
Neisseria
gonorrhoeae
-
Neisseria
meningitides
-
Nocardia sp.
+
Porphyromonas
gingivalis
Propionibacterium
acnes
Providencia stuartii
-
Rod
Gonorrhea,
ophthalmia
neonatorum
meningitis, arthritis,
kerattis
Meningitis, Waterhouse-Friderichson
syndrome
Nocardiosis, Madura
foot
(maduromycosis)
Periodontal disease
+
Rod
Acne
-
Rod
-
Rod
Rickettsia akari
Rickettsia prowazekii
NA
NA
Coccobacillus
Coccobacillus
Rickettsia ricketsii
NA
Coccobacillus
Rickettsia
Tsutsugamushi
Ricketssia typhi
NA
Coccobacillus
Urinary tract
infections, wound
infections
Urinary tract
infections, skin
lesions, eye & ear
infections, septicemia
in
immunocompromised
patients
Rickettsialpox
Epidemic typhus,
Brill-Zinsser disease
Rocky Mountain
spotted fever
Tsutsugamushi fever
NA
Coccobacillus
Rochalimaea
quintana
Salmonella
NA
Coccobacillus
Endemic or murine
typhus
Trench fever
-
Rod
Salmonellosis (food
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
Cocci in pairs;
capsules formed in
young cells
Rod, some
filamentous forms
enteritidis
Salmonella paratyphi
-
Rod
Salmonella
typhimurium
Salmonella typhi
Serratia marcescens
-
Rod
-
Rod
Rod
Shigella boydii
-
Shigella dysenteriae
-
Shigella flexneri
-
Shigella sonnei
-
Spirillum minor
Staphylococcus
aureus
+
Rod, generally
single
Rod, generally
single
Rod, generally
single
Rod, generally
single
Spiral
Cocci in clusters
Staphylococcus
epidermidis
+
Cocci in clusters
Streptobacillus
moniliformis
Streptococcus
mutans
-
Rodlike, often
pleomorphic
Cocci in chains
+
Streptococcus
pneumoniae
+
Cocci in pairs,
encapsulated
Streptococcus
pyrogenes
+
Cocci in chains
poisoning)
Salmonellosis (food
poisoning)
Salmonellosis (food
poisoning)
Typhoid fever
Urinary tract
infections, hospital
epidemics,
septicemia,
peritonitis, arthritis,
pneumonia
Shigellosis (bacterial
dysentery)
Shigellosis (bacterial
dysentery)
Shigellosis (bacterial
dysentery)
Shigellosis (bacterial
dysentery)
Rat bite fever
Skin lesions,
abscesses, boils,
scalded skin
syndrome, impetigo,
toxic shock
syndrome, food
poisoning,
pericarditis
Skin lesions,
contamination of
prothesis
Rat bite fever
Dental caries,
possible plaque,
subacute endocarditis
Bacterial pneumonia,
otitis media,
meningitis, sinusitis
Pharyngitis, skin
lesions, impetigo,
scarlet fever,
erysipelas, puerperal
fever, rheumatic
fever,
Streptomyces sp.
+
Treponema pallidum
-
Rod, some
filamentous forms
Spiral
NA
Very small rod
-
Comma-shaped rod
Rod
glomerulonephritis
Madura foot
(maduromycosis)
Acquired &
congenital syphillus
Nongonococcal
urethritis; may be
responsible for low
sperm counts
Asiatic cholera
Food poisoning
-
Rod
Yersiniosis (enteritis)
-
Short, thick rod;
exhibits bipolar
staining
Bubonic plague,
septicemic plague,
pneumonic plague
Ureaplasma
urealyticum
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio
parahaemolyticus
Yersinia
enterocolitica
Yersinia pestis