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Bacterial Diseases
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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- BACTERIAL DISEASES
- LIST OF DISEASES CAUSED BY SPECIFIC PATHOGENS
Where to start when talking about Bacterial Diseases?
What many people fail to realise is that, when it comes to viewing the bacterial world, it is not a case of "us" and "them", because we are more "them" than "us" (Wilson/McNab/Henderson)
Each human being is an ecosystem comprising of approximately 1,000,000,000,000,000 microbes from more than 1000 different species, of which most are bacteria). We have less mammalian cells than bacteria in our body!
Once we leave the protection of our mother's womb, we are exposed to microbes and begin a life-long association with our normal microflora, which consists of (mainly) bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoans.
But even members of our normal microflora can cause infections, once our immune-system is compromised. Here are some examples:
Urinary tract infection caused by Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Proteus spp.
Infective endocartitis caused by alpha-haemolytic streptococci, Staphylococcus spp.
Periodontal diseases caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis, Bacteroides forsythus, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, spirochaetes
Caries caused by Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus spp., Actinomyces spp.
Aspiration pneumonia caused by Oral anaerobes, Staphylococcus spp.
Pneumonia following viral infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus
Otitis media caused by Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pharyngitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes
Meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae
Burn and wound infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes
Acne caused by Propionibacterium acnes
Toxic shock syndrome Staphylococcus aureus
Boils caused by Staphylococcus aureus
Actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces spp.
Pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile
Gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens
Infections associated with prosthetic devices caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus
Salmonella
LIST OF DISEASES CAUSED BY SPECIFIC PATHOGENS
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
Skin infections, osteomyelitis, food poisoning, foreign body infections.
STREPTOCOCCUS and ENTEROCOCCUS
Pharyngitis, scarlet fever, skin and soft tissue infections, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, pneumonia, meningitis, urinatry tract infections, rheumatic fever, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.
CORYNEFORM BACTERIA, LISTERIA and ERYSIPELOTHRIX
Diphteria, liusteriosis, food poisoning, erysipeloid
MYCOBACTERIUM
Tuberculosis, leprosy
ENVIRONMENTAL MYCOBACTERIA
Opportunist disease.
ACTINOMYCES, NOCARDIA, TROPHERYMA
Actinomycosis, nocardiasis, Whipple's disease.
BACILLUS
Anthrax, food poisoning.
CLOSTRIDIUM
Gas gangrene, tetanus, food poisoning, pseudomembranous colitis.
NEISSERIA and MORAXELLA
Meningitis, gonorrhoea, respiratory infections.
SALMONELLA
Food poisoning, enteric fever
Bacillus cereus
SHIGELLA
Bacillary dysentery.
ESCHERICHIA
Urinary tract infection, travellers' diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis, haemolytic uraemic syndrome.
KLEBSIELLA, ENTEROBACTER, PROTEUS and other ENTEROBACTERIA
Pneumonia, urinary tract infection, opportuinst infection.
PSEUDOMONAS and NON-FERMENTERS
Opportunist infection, cystic fibrosis, meliodosis.
CAMPYLOBACTER and HELICOBACTER
Food poisoning, enteritis, gastritis, peptic ulcer.
VIBRIO, MOBILUNCUS, GARDNERELLA and SPIRILLUM
Cholera, vaginosis, rat bite fever.
HAEMOPHILUS
Respiratory infections, meningitis, chancroid.
BORDETELLA
Whooping cough
LEGIONELLA
Legionnaires disease, Pontiac fever.
BRUCELLA, BARTONELLA and STREPTOBACILLUS
Brucellosis, Oroya fever, trench fever, cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, rat bite fever.
YERSINIA, PASTEURELLA and FRANCISELLA
Plague, pseudotuberculosis, mesenteric adenitis, pasteurellosis, tularaemia.
NON-SPORING AEROBES
Wound infection, periodontal disease, abscess, normal flora.
TREPONEMA and BORRELIA
Syphillis, yaws, relapsing fever, Lyme disease.
Treponema pallidum
LEPTOSPIRA
Leptospirosis, Weil's disease
CHLAMYDIA
Genital and ocular infections, infertility, atypical pneumonia.
RICKETTSIA, ORIENTIA, EHRLICHIA and COXIELLA
Typhus, spotted fevers, scrub typhus, ehrlichioses, Q fever.
MYCOPLASMAS
Atypical pneumonia, genital tract infection. |
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