Infections Causative Agents And Body Systems Affected Microbiology

InfectionMicrobeTypeCausativeAgentSystems AffectedFurunclesBacteriaStaphylococcus aureusIntegumentaryCellulitisBacteriaStreptococcus aureus and Staphylococcus aureusIntegumentaryImpetigoBacteriaStaphylococcus aureus and streptococcus pyogenesIntegumentaryScalded Skin SyndromeBacteriaStaphylococcus aureusIntegumentaryMRSABacteria Staphylococcus aureusintegumentaryNecrotizing fasciitis BacteriaStreptococcus aureusMusculoskeletalAcneBacteriaProprionibacterium acnesNow is called Cutibacterium acnesIntegumentary, especially sebaceous Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease)BacteriaMycobacterium leprae and mycobacterium lepromatosisIntegumentary system and Nervous system (peripheral nerves)OsteomyelitisBacteriaStaphylococcus aureus or streptococcusMusculoskeletal (primarily bone and bone marrow)Warts VirusHuman papilloma virus (HPV)integumentaryHerpes SimplexVirusHerpesviridaeIntegumentary and nervous system (PNS and CNS)Chickenpox/ ShinglesVirusVaricella-zoster virus, in herpes virus familyIntegumentary, immune, respiratory, and nervous systemMolluscum ContagiousumVirusPoxvirus familyIntegumentary and immune Roseola infantumVirusHerpesviridaeIntegumentary, respiratory, immune, and nervous systemSmallpoxVirusOrthopoxvirus genus Integumentary at first, others laterTineas (ringworm)FungusDermatophytesintegumentaryTinea CapitisFungusTrichophyton tonsuransMicrosporum CanisIntegumentary (scalp skin/epidermis & hair follicles/shafts) and lymphatic systemTinea CorporisFungusTrichophyton rubrumTrichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum CanisIntegumentary (skin and hair)Tinea VersicolorFungusMalassezia furfurMalassezia globosaMalassezia sympodialisIntegumentary Tinea Cruris (jock itch)FungusTrichophyton rubrumTrichophyton mentagrophytesEpidermophyton floccosumIntegumentary Tinea UnguiumFungusTinea PedisFungusCutaneous CandidiasisFungusSubcutaneous MycosesFungusStrep ThroatBacteriaScarlett FeverBacteriaStrep PneumoniaBacteriaMycoplasma PneumoniaBacteriaChlamydophila PneumoniaBacteriaPertussisBacteriaTBBacteriaStaph pneumoniaBacteriaHaemophilus influenzaeBacteriaKlebsiella pneumoniaeBacteriaDiptheriaBacteriaLegionellosisBacteriaPsittacosisBacteriaAnthraxBacteriaCommon ColdVirusFluVirusViral PneumoniaVirusHantavirus VirusSARSVirusCOVID 19VirusHistoplasmosisFungusCoccidioidomycosis (valley fever)FungusBlastomycosisFungusPulmonary aspergillosisFungusGingivitisBacteriaDental plaqueBacteriaPeriodontitisBacteriaPeptic UlcerBacteriaSalmonellosisBacteriaTyphoid Fever/ Paratyphoid feverBacteriaShigellosisBacteriaCampylobacteriosisBacteriaE ColiBacteriaListeriosisBacteriaBotulismBacteriaCholeraBacteriaRotavirusVirusHepatitisVirusNorovirusVirusOral ThrushFungusErgotismFungusGiardiasisProtozoaAmebiasisProtozoaTrichinosisHelminthTaeniasisHelminthPinwormHelminthAscariasisHelminthMeningococcal MeningitisBacteriaTetanusBacteriaConjunctivitisBacteria/ VirusNeonatal gonorrheal ophthalmiaBacteriaTrachomaBacteriaOtitis Media and ExternaBacteriaViral MeningitisVirusPoliomyelitisVirusRabiesVirusArboviral EncephalitisVirusProgressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)VirusCryptococcosisFungusCerebral toxoplasmosisProtozoaAfrican trypanosomiasisProtozoaChagas’ diseaseProtozoaCreutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD)PrionVariant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (vCJD)PrionGerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSSS)PrionFatal familial insomniaPrionKuruPrionBacteremiaBacteriaRheumatic FeverBacteriaGangreneBacteriaAtherosclerosisBacteria/VirusBrucellosis (Undulant fever)BacteriaTularemiaBacteriaCat Scratch DiseaseBacteriaRat Bite FeverBacteriaPlagueBacteriaRocky Mountain Spotted FeverBacteriaLyme DiseaseBacteriaEhrlichiosisBacteriaTyphusBacteriaRelapsing FeverBacteriaMononucleosisVirusCytomegalovirusVirusViral Hemorrhagic FeversVirusSystemic mycosesFungusMalariaProtozoaBabesiosisProtozoaToxoplasmosisProtozoaLeishmaniasisProtozoaUrethritisBacteriaCystitisBacteriaPyelonephritisBacteriaLeptospirosisBacteriaChlamydiaBacteriaMycoplasma genitaliumBacteriaSerratia UTIBacteriaBKVVirusCandidiasisFungusTrichomonas vaginalisProtozoaSchistosomiasisHelminthVaginosisBacteriaToxic Shock SyndromeBacteriaGroup B strepBacteriaEndometritisBacteriaMastitisBacteriaPIDBacteriaCervicitisBacteriaProstatitisBacteriaEpididymitisBacteriaBalanitisBacteria/virus/fungusGonorrheaBacteriaSyphilisBacteriaNongonococcal urethritisBacteriaChancroidBacteriaDonovanosisBacteriaNeisseria MeningitisBacteriaHIVVirusGenital