Table 6.2.
Examples of pathogenic bacteria and associated disease
| Bacteria | Disease |
|---|---|
| Actinomyces israelii | Actinomycosis |
| Bacillus anthracis | Anthrax |
| Bartonella henselae | Cat-saatch disease, bacillaryangiomatosis |
| Bordetella pertussis | Whooping cough |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | Lyme disease |
| Campylobacter jejuni | Enteric pathogens distributed globally |
| Chlamydia pneumonia | Pneumonia, bronchitis |
| Chlamydia psittaci | Psittacosis |
| Clostridium tetani | Nonrespiratory airborne |
| Corynebacteria diphtheria | Diptheria |
| Coxiella burnetii | Q Fever |
| Ehrlichia chafeensis | Human ehrlichiosis |
| Enterobacter cloacae | Nonrespiratory airborne |
| Enterococcus | Nonrespiratory airborne |
| Francisella tularensis | Tularemia |
| Haemophilus influenza | Meningitis |
| Helicobacter pylori | Peptic ulcer disease |
| Legionella parisiensis | Pneumonia |
| Legionella pneumophila | Pontiac fever |
| Legionella pneumophila | Legionnaires’ disease |
| Micromonospora faeni | Farmer’s lung |
| Micropolyspora faeni | Farmer’s lung |
| Mycobacterium avium | Cavitary pulmonary |
| Mycobacterium intracellulare | Cavitary pulmonary |
| Mycobacterium kansasii | Cavitary pulmonary |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Tuberculosis |
| Mycoplasma pneumonia | Pneumonia |
| Neisseria meningitides | Meningitis |
| Nocardia asteroids | Nocardiosis |
| Nocardia brasiliensis | Pulmonary mycetoma |
| Nocardia caviae | Nocardiosis |
| Pseudomonas cepacia | Nonrespiratory airborne |
| Saccharomonospora viridis | Farmer’s Lung |
| Salmonella Typhi | Typoid Fever |
| Shigella Dysenteriae | Bacterial Dysentry |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | Scarlet fever, pharyngitis |
| Thermoactinomyces sacchari | Bagassosis |
| Thermoactinomyces vulgaris | Farmer’s Lung, hypersensitivity Pneumonitisis |
| Thermomonospora viridis | Farmer’s Lung, hypersensitivity Pneumonitisis |
| Vibrio cholerae | Cholera |
| Yersinia pestis | Pneumonic plague |