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list-of-bacteria

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List of bacteria

The following is a list of most commonly encountered bacteria in clinical medicine sorted alphabetically by genus, antibiotic resistance, and special groups.

By genus

Genus Species Diseases & notes
Acinetobacter — —
Aggregatibacter — HACEK organisms
Anaplasma A. phagocytophilum Anaplasmosis
Anaplasma A. phagocytophilum Ehrlichiosis
Babesia — Babesiosis
Bacillus B. anthracis Anthrax
Bacteroides — —
Bordetella B. pertussis Whooping cough
Borrelia — Lyme disease
Brucella — Brucellosis
Burkholderia — —
Calymmatobacterium — HACEK organisms
Calymmatobacterium C. granulomatis Granuloma inguinale (reclassified as Klebsiella granulomatis)
Campylobacter — —
Cardiobacterium — HACEK organisms
Citrobacter — —
Chlamydia C. psittaci Psittacosis (parrot fever)
Chlamydia C. trachomatis Chlamydia
Clostridioides C. difficile C. diff infection (CDI; formerly Clostridium difficile)
Clostridium C. botulinum Botulism
Clostridium C. difficile C. diff infection (CDI; reclassified as Clostridioides difficile)
Clostridium C. perfringens —
Clostridium C. tetani Tetanus
Coxiella C. burnetii Q fever
Corynebacterium C. diphtheriae Diphtheria
Cutibacterium C. acnes —
Ehrlichia — Ehrlichiosis
Eikenella — HACEK organisms
Eikenella E. corrodens —
Enterobacter — —
Enterococcus E. faecalis —
Enterococcus E. faecium —
Escherichia E. coli E. coli infection
Escherichia E. coli O157:H7 Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Francisella F. tularensis Tularemia (rabbit fever)
Fusobacterium — —
Haemophilus H. ducreyi Chancroid
Haemophilus H. influenzae (H. flu) —
Kingella — Member of HACEK organisms
Kingella K. kingae —
Klebsiella K. granulomatis Granuloma inguinale (formerly Calymmatobacterium granulomatis)
Klebsiella K. oxytoca —
Klebsiella K. pneumoniae —
Lactobacillus — —
Legionella — Legionnaires' disease
Leptospira — Leptospirosis
Listeria L. monocytogenes Listeriosis
Moraxella — —
Mycobacterium M. leprae Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
Mycobacterium M. lepromatosis Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
Mycobacterium M. tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB)
Neisseria N. gonorrhoeae Gonorrhea
Neisseria N. meningitidis —
Pasteurella P. pestis Plague (reclassified as Yersinia pestis)
Peptostreptococcus — —
Plasmodium — Malaria
Prevotella — —
Proteus — —
Pseudomonas P. aeruginosa —
Pseudomonas P. oryzihabitans Formerly Flavimonas oryzihabitans; rare (Giacometti 1998)
Rickettsia R. rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
Salmonella — Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Salmonella S. enterica subsp. enterica Typhoid fever
Serratia — —
Shigella — Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Staphylococcus S. aureus —
Staphylococcus S. epidermidis —
Staphylococcus S. lugdunensis —
Streptococcus S. agalactiae Group B streptococcal infection
Streptococcus S. bovis —
Streptococcus S. mutans —
Streptococcus S. pneumoniae Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Streptococcus S. pneumoniae Pneumococcus
Streptococcus S. pyogenes Group A streptococcal infection
Streptococcus S. sanguinis —
Stenotrophomonas — —
Treponema T. Pallidum Syphilis
Trichomonas Trichomonas vaginalis Trichomoniasis (trich)
Vibrio V. cholerae Cholera
Yersinia Y. pestis Plague (formerly Pasteurella pestis)

By resistance

HACEK organisms

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