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. 2005 Jan 14;365(9455):253–255. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17745-9

Table.

Combinations of micro-organisms in human polymicrobial diseases

Causal agents Disease
Synergistic polymicrobial infections
Human metapneumovirus with coronavirus or respiratory syncytial virus SARS, bronchiolitis2, 3, 4
Measles and Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Staphylococcus aureus Measles5
Epstein-Barr virus and retrovirus Multiple sclerosis9
HTLV-I, HTLV-II, and/or HIV-1, HIV-2 AIDS30
HTLV-I and HTLV-II Respiratory and urinary tract infections7
HIV and M tuberculosis AIDS8
HBV or HCV and HIV-1 AIDS31
HIV and enteric viruses, Acinetobacter radioresistens, M tuberculosis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Candida albicans, Histoplasma capsulatum, Cryptosporidium parvum, Trichomonas vaginalis, and others AIDS
Lyme disease with babesiosis or ehrlichiosis Lyme disease
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Aspergillus fumigatus Corneal infection
Infections predisposing to polymicrobial disease
Influenza viruses, parainfluenza viruses, respiratory syncytial viruses, adenoviruses, measles viruses, rhinoviruses, and coronaviruses with Streptococcus pneumoniae, Strep pyogenes, Haemophilus influenzae, Staph aureus, Neisseria meningitidis, M tuberculosis, or Bordetella pertussis Respiratory disease10
Coronavirus and Escherichia coli SARS
Respiratory tract viruses and bacterial infections Otitis media11, 12
Varicella-zoster virus and Strep pyogenes Invasive group A streptococcal disease32
Additive polymicrobial infections
Aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and Candida spp Periodontal disease33
Prevotella-like bacteria Caries
B pertussis, Strep pneumoniae, Staph aureus, H influenzae Pertussis34
Nocardia asteroides and Cryptococcus neoformans Lung abscesses
Herpes zoster and tuberculosis Tuberculosis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S maltophilia, Prevotella oris, Fusobacterium gonidoformans, Bacteroides fragilis, Leptotrichia-like spp, Abiotrophia defecta, Citrobacter murliniae, Lautropia mirabilis, and Sarcina ventriculi Cystic fibrosis25
Aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria Peritonitis13
HBV, HCV, and HDV Hepatitis14, 15
HCV and HIV Hepatitis14, 15
Norwalk-like virus and Aeromonas sobria or E coli Gastroenteritis
Schistosoma haematobium and S mansoni Intestinal schistosomiasis
Combinations of Corynebacterium urealyticum, Gardnerella vaginalis, Anaerococcus lactolyticus, Bact vulgatus, Dialister invisus, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Lactobacillus iners, Leptotrichia amnionii, P buccalis, P ruminicola, Rahnella aquatilis, and Strep intermedius Urinary tract infection
Staphylcoccus spp, Streptococcus spp, and HACEK group Endocarditis
Microbial interference
Flavivirus and HIV AIDS19
Strep pneumoniae and Staph aureus Staph-aureus-related disease20, 21

SARS=severe acute respiratory syndrome, HACEK=Haemophilus spp, Actinobacillus spp, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella kingae.