Bacterial Diseases and agents
   
Disease Agent Type
acne Propionibacterium acnes R,+
actinomycosis Actinomyces israelii I,+
anthrax Bacillus anthracis R,+
bacterial meningitis Haemophilus influenzae R,-
Neisseria meningitidis C,-
Streptococcus pneumoniae C,+
Listeria monocytogenes R,-
bacterial vaginitis Gardnerella vaginalis R,-
botulism Clostridium botulinum R,+
brucellosis (undulant fever) Brucella sp. CB,-
cat scratch fever Afipia felis R,-
Bartonella henselae CB,NA
chancroid Haemophilus ducreyi R,-
cholera Vibrio cholerae vibrio, -
conjunctivitis Haemophilus aegyptius CB, -
dental caries Streptococcus mutans C, +
diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheriae R, +
ehrlichiosis Ehrlichia sp. R, NA
endocarditis Enterococcus faecalis C, +
food poisoning Staphylococcus aureus C, +
Streptococcus pyogenes C, +
Clostridium perfringens R, +
Clostridium botulinum R, +
Bacillus cereus R, +
Listeria monocytogenes R, +
Campylobacter sp. R, -
Shigella sp. R, -
Salmonella sp. R, -
Vibrio parahaemolyticus R, -
gas gangrene Clostridium perfringens R, +
gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhoeae C, -
granuloma inguinale (donovanosis) Calymmatobacterium granulomatis R, -
Hansen's disease (leprosy) Mycobacterium leprae R, AF
Legionnaires' disease (legionellosis) Legionella pneumophilia R, -
leptospirosis Leptospira interrogans S, -
listeriosis Listeria monocytogenes R, +
Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi S, -
lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis C, NA
Madura foot Actinomadura, Streptomyces, Nocardia I, +, some AF
nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) Chlamydia trachomatis R, VAR
Ureaplasma urealyticum I, NA
Oroyo fever (Carrion's disease, bartonellosis) Bartonella bacilliformis C, -
ornithosis (psittacosis) Chlamydia psittaci C, NA
peptic ulcer Helicobacter pylori R, -
periodontal disease Porphyromonas gingivalis R, -
pharyngitis (strep throat) Streptococcus pyogenes C, +
plague, bubonic plague (black death) Yersinia pestis R, -
pneumonia Streptococcus pneumoniae C, +
Klebsiella pneumoniae R, -
pneumonia, atypical (walking pneumonia) Mycoplasma pneumoniae I, NA
pseudomembranous colitis Clostridium difficile R, +
puerperal fever (childbed fever) Streptococcus pyogenes C, +
Q fever Coxiella burnetti CB, NA
rat bite fever Spirillum minor S, -
Streptobacillus moniliformis R, -
relapsing fever Borrelia sp. S, -
rheumatic fever Streptococcus pyogenes C, +
rickettsialpox Rickettsia akari CB, NA
Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rickettsia rickettsii CB, NA
salmonellosis Salmonella sp.  R, -
shigellosis (bacillary dysentery) Shigella sp.  R, -
skin and wound infections (scalded skin, scarlet fever, erysipelas, impetigo, etc.) Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis C, +
Streptococcus sp.  C, +
Providencia stuartii R, -
Pseudomonas aeruginosa R, -
Serratia marcescens R, -
syphilis Treponema pallidum S, -
tetanus Clostridium tetani R, +
toxic shock syndrome Staphylococcus aureus C, +
trachoma Chlamydia trachomatis C, NA
trench fever Rochalimaea quintanaq CB, NA
tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis R, AF
tuberculosis, avian Mycobacterium avium R, AF
tularemia Francisella tularensis R, -
typhoid fever Salmonella typhi R, -
typhus, epidemic Rickettsia prowazekii CB, NA
typhus, endemic (murine typhus) Rickettsia typhi CB, NA
typhus, recrudescent (Brill-Zinsser disease) Rickettsia prowazekii CB, NA
typhus, scrub (tsutsugamushi disease) Rickettsia tsutsugamushi CB, NA
verruga peruana (bartonellosis) Bartonella bacilliformis C, -
vibriosis Vibrio parahaemolyticus R, -
whooping cough (pertussis) Bordetella pertussis CB, -
yersiniosis Yersinia enterocolitica R, -

Key to types:
 
C = coccus or coccoid I = irregular VAR = gram variable
CB = coccobacillus - = gram negative AF = acid fast
R = rod + = gram positive NA = not applicable
S = spiral