Diseases Caused by Bacteria

TYPE     BACTERIUM    DISEASE

Bacillus    Bacillus anthracis   Anthrax
Bacillus cereus    B. cereus food poisoning
Clostridium botulinum   Botulism
Clostridium perfringens   Clostridial myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
Clostridium tetani   Tetanus (lockjaw)
Corynebacterium diphtheriae  Diphtheria
Escherichia coli    Diarrhea
Mycobacterium leprae   Leprosy
Mycobacterium tuberculosis  Tuberculosis
Salmonella spp.    Salmonella
Salmonella typhi    Typhoid fever

Chlamydia    Chlamydia trachomatis   Trachoma, urethritis, cervicitis, conjunctivitis
Coccus     Neisseria gonorrhoeae   Gonorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease
Neisseria meningitis   Meningitis
Staphylococcus aureus  Pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, skin infections, meningitis
Streptococcus pneumoniae  Pneumonia, ear infections, meningitis
Streptococcus pyogenes   Strep throat, rheumatic fever
Streptococcus spp.   Scarlet fever, puerperal fever
Listeria     Listeria monocytogenes   Listeriosis, perinatal septicemia, meningitis,
encephalitis, intrauterine infections
Mycoplasma    Mycoplasma pneumoniae   Pneumonia
Rickettsia    Rickettsia prowazekii   Epidemic typhus, Brill-Zinsser disease   
                                                                                                                   (spread by lice)
Rickettsia rickettsii   Rocky Mountain spotted fever (spread by             
                                                          ticks)
Rickettsia typhi    Endemic typhus (murine typhus, spread by 
                                                          rat fleas)
Spirillus                                          Campylobacter fetus jejuni                Campylobacteriosis (bacterial diarrheal   
                                                                                                                    illness) Rat-bite fever
Spirillum minor
Spirochete    Treponema pallidum   Syphilis
Vibrio      Aeromonas hydrophila   Gastroenteritis, septicemia, cellulitis, wound 
                                                                                                                    infections, urinary tract infections
Plesiomonas shigelloides   Gastroenteritis, diarrhea
Vibrio cholerae 01    Epidemic cholera
Vibrio cholerae non-01   Gastroenteritis
Vibrio parahemolyticus   V. parahemolyticus-associated 
                                                          gastroenteritis
Vibrio vulnificus    wound infections, gastroenteritis, primary                         
                                                          septicemia