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Final Exam Diseases
diseases
| disease | pathogen |
|---|---|
| Typhoid fever | Salmonella typhi |
| Legionnaire's disease | Legionella pneumophila |
| Common Pneumonia | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| Anthrax | Bacillus anthracis |
| Gas gangrene | Clostridium perfringens |
| Diptheria | Corynebacterium diptheriae |
| Gonorrhea | Neisseria gonorrhoea |
| Salmonella | Salmonella enterica |
| Black plague Bubonic plague | Yersinia pestis |
| Trench fever | Bartonella quintana |
| Cat scratch disease | Bartonella henselae |
| Tularemia Rabbit/tick fever | Francisella tularensis |
| Swimmer's ear | Pseudomonads aeruginosa |
| Brucellosis | Brucella melitensis |
| Tetanus | Clostridium tetani |
| Botulism | Clostridium botulinum |
| Leprosy | Mycobacterium leprae |
| Polio | Polio virus |
| Meningitis | Neisseria miningitidis |
| Rabies | Lyssavirus |
| African sleeping sickness | Trypanosoma brucei |
| Amebic meningoencephalitis | Naegleria fowleri |
| Chagas' disease | Trypanosoma cruzi |
| Whooping cough (pertussis) | Bordetella pertussis |
| Tapeworms | Taenia saginata Taenia solium Diphyllobothrium latum |
| Ringworm | Tinea capitis Tinea cruris Tinea pedis |
| Scabies | Sarcoptes Scabiei |
| Louse | Pediulus Humanus Capitis |
| Warts | Papillomavirus |
| Small pox | Orthopox virus |
| Chicken pox | Varicella |
| Shingles | Herpes zoster |
| Measles | Rubeola |
| Pink eye | Hameophilus influenzae |
| Opthalmia neonatorum | Neisseria gonorrhoeae Stapholococcus aureus Chlamydia |
| Yeast infections | Candida alicans |
| Lyme disease | Borrelia burgdorferi |
| Mononucleosis | Epstein Barr Virus |
| Otitis externa | Pseudomonas aerginosa |
| Typhus | Rickettsia prowazekii |
| Endocarditis | Alpha-hemolytic streptococci |
| Rheumatic Fever Scarlet Fever Strep Throat | Streptococcus pyogenes |
| Haemorrhagic septicaemia | Pasteruella multocida |
| Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever | Rickettsia ricketsii |
| Ebolavirus | Filovirus |
| Toxoplasmosis | Taxoplasma gondii |
| Malaria | Plasmodium vivax -more common Plasmodium falciparum- most dangerous |
| Leishmaniasis | Leishmania donovani |
| Schistosomiasis | Schistosoma japonicum Schistosoma mansoni |
| Otitis media | S. pneumoniae H. infuenzae Moraxela catarrhalis S. pyogenes, S. aureus |
| Tuberculosis | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Melioidosis | Burkholderia pseudomallei |
| Histoplasmosis | Histoplasma capsulatum |
| Pneumocystis pneumonia | Pneumocystis jirovecii |
| Tooth decay | S. mutans |
| Gastroenteritits | Stapholococcus aureus E. coli Camplobacter jejuni |
| Shigellosis | Shigella sonnei/ dysenteriae/ flexneri/ boydii |
| Cholera | Vibrio cholerae |
| Peptic Ulcer Disease | Helicobacter pylori |
| Hepatitis | Hepatitis A virus Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis C virus |
| Viral Gastroenteritis | Rotavirus Norovirus |
| Ergot Poisoning | Claviceps perpurea |
| Giardiasis | Giardia lamblia |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Cryptosporidium parvum/ homins |
| Pinworms | Enterobius vermicularis |
| Hookworms | Necator americanus |
| Trichinellosis | Trichinella spiralis |
| Chlamydia | Chlamydophila psittaci/ trachomatis/ pneumoniae |
| Bacterial vaginosis | Candida albicans Trichomonas vaginalis Gardnerella vaginalis |
| Genital herpes | Herpes Simplex 2 |
| Syphilis | Treponema pallidum |