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Bacterial pathogen

Diseases

Gram-negative bacteria

Escherichia coli

Gastroenteritis, urinary tract infections, neonatal meningitis

E. coli O157:H7

Diarrhea, hemolytic uremic syndrome..HUS

Salmonella enterica

Gastroenteritis

Salmonella typhi

Typhoid fever

Shigella dysenteriae

Bacillary dysentery

Yersina pestis

Bubonic plague

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Opportunistic infections, swimmer’s ear, hot tub itch, cellulitis, pneumonia, more

Vibrio cholerae

Asiatic cholera

Bordetella pertussis

Whooping cough

Haemophilus influenzae

Meningitis, pneumonia, sinusitis

Helicobacter pylori

Gastric and duodenal ulcers

Campylobacter jejuni

Gastroenteritis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Gonorrhea

Neisseria meningitidis

Meningococcemia and meningitis

Brucella abortus

Undulant fever

Bacteroides fragilis

Anaerobic infections

Gram-positive bacteria

Staphylococcus aureus

Food poisoning, wound infections, toxic shock syndrome, more

Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A strep)

Strep throat, scarlet fever, mastitis, necrotizing fasciitis, more   

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Pneumonia, otitis media, meningitis

Bacillus anthracis

Anthrax

Bacillus cereus

Food poisoning

Clostridium tetani

Tetanus

Clostridium perfringens

Food poisoning, gas gangrene, uterine infections

Clostridium botulinum

Botulism, infant botulism

Clostridium difficile

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Diphtheria

Listeria monocytogenes

Listeriosis

Not typed by Gram stain

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

tuberculosis

Mycobacterium leprae

Leprosy

Chlamydia trachomatis

Chlamydia, lymphogranuloma venereum, trachoma

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Pneumonia

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Atypical pneumonia

Rickettisas

Rickettsiosis: typhus, RMSF 

Treponema pallidum

Syphilis

Borrelia burgdorferi

Lyme disease