Types of bacteria that cause disease in humans

bacteria primary diseases in humans

bacillus anthracis anthrax

Bacteroides species abscess

Bordetella pertussis whooping cough

Borrelia burgdorferi Lyme disease

Campylobacter species campylobacter enteritis

Chlamydia species psittacosis; trachoma; lymphogranuloma venereum; conjunctivitis; respiratory infection

Clostridium species botulism; tetanus; gangrene

Corynebacterium diphtheriae diphtheria

Escherichia coli (coliform bacteria) gastroenteritis; urinary tract infection; neonatal meningitis

Gardnerella species vaginitis; vulvitis

Haemophilus influenzae meningitis; bacteremia; pneumonia

Helicobacter pylori peptic ulcer

Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia

Legionella species Legionnaire disease; Pontiac fever

Moraxella lacunta conjunctivitis

Mycobacterium species tuberculosis; leprosy

mycoplasma pneumoniae fatal pneumonia

Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonorrhea; gonococcal conjunctivitis

Pasteurella species pasteurellosis

Pseudomonas (pseudomonad) aeruginosa nosocomial infections (infections acquired in a hospital setting); gastroenteritis; dermatitis; bacteremia; pericondritis (ear disease)

rickettsia species Rocky Mountain spotted fever; boutonneuse fever; typhus; trench fever; scrub typhus

Salmonella species salmonellosis (e.g., food poisoning or typhoid fever)

Shigella species shigellosis (dysentery)

staphylococcus aureus wound infection; boils (boil); food poisoning; mastitis

Streptococcus pyogenes rheumatic fever; impetigo; scarlet fever; puerperal fever; strep throat; necrotizing fasciitis

Treponema pallidum syphilis

vibrio cholerae cholera

Yersinia enterocolitica yersiniosis

Yersinia pestis plague