List of pathogens A-Z
Pathogens
- Biological agent or micro-organism (microbe) capable of producing disease in the host is called Pathogen i.e. a pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host.
- Pathogen is a micro-organism that may be Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, Prions, Helminths etc.
Pathogenicity
- Pathogenicity refers to the ability of an organism to cause disease (ie, harm the host) i.e. it refers to the ability of a class of microbes to produce disease.
Virulence
- Virulence is the degree of Pathogenicity of a disease.
Pathogens List A – Z
A
Acinetobacter baumannii
Acinetobacter lwoffii
Acinetobacter spp. (incl. MDR)
Actinomycetes
Adenovirus
Aeromonas spp.
Alcaligenes faecalis
Alcaligenes spp./Achromobacter spp.
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (incl. ESBL/MRGN)
Arbovirus Virucidal
Ascaris lumbricoides
Aspergillus spp.
Astrovirus
B
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus subtilis
Bacteriodes fragilis
Bartonella quintana
Blastocystis hominis
Bordetella pertussis
Borrelia burgdorferi
Borrelia duttoni
Borrelia recurrentis
Brevundimonas diminuta
Brevundimonas vesicularis
Brucella spp.
Burkholderia cepacia (incl. MDR)
Burkholderia mallei
Burkholderia pseudomallei
C
Campylobacter jejuni / coli
Candida albicans
Candida krusei
Candida parapsilosis
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV)
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Chlamydia psittaci
Chlamydia trachomatis
Citrobacter spp.
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Coronavirus (incl. SARS- and MERS-CoV)
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Corynebacterium spp.
Corynebacterium ulcerans
Coxiella burnetii
Coxsackievirus
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptosporidium hominis
Cryptosporidium parvum e
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Cytomegalovirus CMV
D
Dengue virus
Dientamoeba fragilis
E
Ebola virus
Echinococcus spp.
Echovirus
Entamoeba dispar
Entamoeba histolytica
Enterobacter aerogenes
Enterobacter cloacae (incl. ESBL/MRGN)
Enterobius vermicularis
Enterococcus faecalis (incl. VRE)
Enterococcus faecium (incl. VRE)
Enterococcus hirae
Epidermophyton spp.
Epstein-Barr virus EBV
Escherichia coli (incl. EHEC, EPEC, ETEC, EIEC, EAEC, ESBL/MRGN, DAEC)
F
Filarial worms
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV)
Francisella tularensis
G
Giardia lamblia
H
Haemophilus influenzae
Hantavirus
Helicobacter pylori
Helminths (Worms)
Hepatitis A virus HAV
Hepatitis B virus HBV
Hepatitis C virus HCV
Hepatitis D virus
Hepatitis E virus
Herpes simplex virus HSV
Histoplasma capsulatum
Human enterovirus 71
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6)
Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7)
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8)
Human immunodeficiency virus HIV
Human metapneumovirus
Human papillomavirus
Hymenolepsis nana
I
Influenza virus
K
Klebsiella granulomatis
Klebsiella oxytoca (incl. ESBL/MRGN)
Klebsiella pneumoniae MDR (incl. ESBL/MRGN)
L
Lassa virus
Leclercia adecarboxylata
Legionella pneumophila
Leishmania spp.
Leptospira interrogans
Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides
Listeria monocytogenes
M
Marburg virus
Measles virus
Micrococcus luteus
Microsporum spp.
Molluscipoxvirus
Morganella spp.
Mumps virus
Mycobacterium chimaera Myco
Mycobacterium leprae Myco
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (incl. MDR) Tuberculocidal
Mycoplasma genitalium
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
N
Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Norovirus
O
Opisthorchis viverrini
Orientia tsutsugamushi
P
Pantoea agglomerans
Paracoccus yeei
Parainfluenza virus
Parvovirus
Pediculus humanus capitis
Pediculus humanus corporis
Plasmodium spp.
Pneumocystis jiroveci
Poliovirus
Polyomavirus
Prevotella spp.
Propionibacterium species
Proteus mirabilis (incl. ESBL/MRGN)
Proteus vulgaris
Providencia rettgeri
Providencia stuartii
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas spp.
R
Rabies virus
Ralstonia spp.
Respiratory syncytial virus RSV
Rhinovirus
Rickettsia prowazekii
Rickettsia typhi
Roseomonas gilardii
Rotavirus
Rubella virus
S
Schistosoma mansoni
Salmonella enteritidis
Salmonella paratyphi
Salmonella spp.
Salmonella typhimurium
Sarcoptes scabiei (Itch mite)
Sapovirus
Serratia marcescens (incl. ESBL/MRGN)
Shigella sonnei
Sphingomonas species
Staphylococcus aureus (incl. MRSA, VRSA)
Staphylococcus capitis
Staphylococcus epidermidis (incl. MRSE)
Staphylococcus haemolyticus
Staphylococcus hominis
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Staphylococcus pasteuri
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes (incl. PRSP)
Streptococcus spp.
Strongyloides stercoralis
T
Taenia solium
TBE virus
Toxoplasma gondii
Treponema pallidum
Trichinella spiralis
Trichomonas vaginalis
Trichophyton spp.
Trichosporon spp.
Trichuris trichiura
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Trypanosoma cruzi
V
Vaccinia virus
Varicella zoster virus
Variola virus
Vibrio cholerae
W
West Nile virus (WNV)
Y
Yellow fever virus
Yersinia enterocolitica
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
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