Question | Answer |
boils, pimples, abscesses | Staphylococcus Aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis |
impetigo | Streptococcus pyogenes |
pseudomonas infection | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
acne | Propionibacter acnes |
bacterial meningitis | Hemophilis influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pyogenes |
listerosis | Listeria monocytogenes |
tetanus | Clostridium tetani ("lockjaw") |
botulism | Clostridium botulinum |
leprosy | Mycobacterium leprae |
peripheral fever | Streptococcus pyogenes |
endocarditis | Staphylococcus aureus |
rheumatic fever | Streptococcus pyogenes |
tularemia | Franciella tularensis |
brucellosis | Brucella abortus |
anthrax | Bacillus anthracis |
gas gangrene | Clostridium perfringens |
plague | Ysernia pestis ("Black Death") |
relapsing fever | Borrelia recurrensis |
lyme disease | Borrelia burgdorferi ("Bull's Eye rash") |
endemic typhus | Rickettsia prowazekii |
rocky mountain spotted fever | Rickettsia rickettsii |
strep throat | Streptococcus pyogenes |
scarlett fever | Streptococcus pyogenes |
diphtheria | Corynebacterium diptheria ("pseudomembrane") |
otidis media (earache) | Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae, M. catarrhalis, Streptococcus pyogenes, S. aureus |
pertussis | Bordetella pertusis ("whooping cough") |
tuberculosis | Mycobacterium tuberculosis ("consumption") |
bacterial pneumonias | Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae ("walking" pneumonia),Chlamydia pneumoniae |
legionaire's disease | Legionella pneumophila |
dental caries | Streptococcus mutans |
peridontal disease | Treponema denticola |
Staphylococcal poisoning | Staphylococcus aureus |
shigellosis | Shigella dysentariae ("Bacillary dysentery") |
salmonellosis | Salmonella typhimurim ("salmonella gastroenteritis") |
typhoid fever | Salmonella typhi |
cholera | Vibrio cholerae ("rice water" stools) |
traveler's diarrhea | E. coli (O157:H7) (E. coli gastroenteritis) |
peptic ulcers | Helicobacter pylori |
leptospirosis | Leptospira interogans |
the "clap" | Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhoea) |
nongonoccal urethritis | Chlamydia trachomatis (most prevalent STD), Mycolplasma hominus, Ureaplasma urelyticus |
syphilis | Treponema pallidum |
PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) | Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycolplasma hominus, Ureaplasma urelyticus |
chancroid | Hemophilis ducreyi |
bacterial vaginosis | Candida albicans, Trichomonas vaginalis, Garduerella vaginalis |