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Organisms "causing" disease

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Bacteria

 

gram (+) rods:

 

corynebacterium minutissimum erythrasma        

 

corynebacterium tenuis trichomycosis axillaris        

 

erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae erysipeloid        

 

 

gram (+) cocci:

 

Streptococcus pyogenes (group A beta hemolytic)        see STREPTOCOCCUS

 

micrococcus sedentarius pitted keratolysis        

 

Staphylococcus aureus phage group 2 type 71 bullous impetigo and SSSS (toxin = exfoliatin)        

 

 

gram (-) rods:

 

bartonella henselae bacillary angiomatosis; cat scratch fever        

 

bartonella bacilliformis verruga peruana (Oroya fever)        

 

Calymmatobacterium granulomatis granuloma inguinale        

 

Haemophilus ducreyi chancroid        

 

Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis rhinoscleroma        

       

Pseudomonas ecthyma gangrenosum; hot tub folliculitis; green nails; gram (-) toe web        

 

 

gram (-) cocci:

 

obligate intracellular parasites:

 

Chlamydia trachomatis (L1, L2, L3) lymphogranuloma venereum        

 

rickettsia rickettsii RMSF                
 

rickettsia akari rickettsial pox        

 

spirochetes:

 

B. burgdorferi Erythema migrans        

subtype: (?) acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans        

subtype(?) borrelial lymphocytoma        

 

Treponema carateum pinta        

 

Treponema pertenue yaws        

 

 

Viral

 

EBV oral hairy leukoplakia; mono; Gianotti-Crosti        

 

HHV-8 Kaposi’s sarcoma        

 

HHV-6 roseola infantum        

 

coxsackie A16 hand, foot, and mouth disease        

 

parvovirus B19

•erythema infectiosum;
•aplastic crisis in sicklers;
•polyarthritis and pruritis in adults;
•glove and stocking purpura;
•hydrops fetalis (in pregnancy)

       

 

 

fungus

 

Malassezia furfur tinea versicolor; seborrheic dermatitis; pityrosporum folliculitis