Microbiology 128C
A Substantial Writing Component Course:
Emerging Infectious Diseases

Dr. Leanne Field

* Fall Semester 1998 *


POTENTIAL EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE TOPICS

(Following Material in a Portable Document Format - Ideal for a Printout)

KINGDOM: MONERA  
BACTERIA DISEASES
Bartonella spp. Carrion’s Disease, Trench Fever, Cat Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, Endocarditis
Borrelia burgdorferi Lyme Disease
Chlamydia trachomatis*** Urethritis, Cervicitis, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Clostridium difficile*** Pseudomembranous colitis
Ehrlichia spp. Ehrlichiosis
Escherichia coli O157:H7 Hemorrhagic colitis; Thrombocytopenia; Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Same as above
Helicobacter pylori Peptic Ulcer Disease, Gastric Cancer and Gastric Lymphoma
Legionella pneumophila*** Legionnaire’s Disease
Listeria monocytogenes*** Listeriosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis
Nontuberculosis mycobacteria, including:

Mycobacterium avium complex

Mycobacterium genavense

Mycobacterium ulcerans

 

Tuberculosis-like disease

Wasting Disease

Buruli Ulcer

Neisseria meningitidis Epidemic meningitis
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococci) Severe Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease; Necrotizing fasciitis, Toxic shock syndrome
Vibrio cholerae Cholera
Vibrio parahaemolyticus *** Gastroenteritis
Vibrio vulnificus*** Cellulitis; fatal bacteremia
Yersinia pestis Plague
*** = These emerging pathogens are not featured prominently in the books on reserve in the Life Science Library. Check with the librarian to see if other books about these important emerging pathogens are available.  
 

A. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN:

 

 

 

THE HOSPITAL (NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS)  
Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella Pneumoniae (ESBL) Resistance to "extended-spectrum B Lactamases" (ESBL)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Aminoglycoside resistance
Enterococcus spp. (VRE) Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Methicillin (or multiply drug) resistant Stapylococcus aureus) (MRSA)
Staphylococcus aureus (VISA/ GISA) S. aureus that show high level resistance to methicillin plus intermediate resistance to vancomycin: Vancomycin Intermediate Resistant S. aureus (VISA) or Glycopeptide Intermediate Resistant S. aureus (GISA)
THE COMMUNITY  
Streptococcus pneumoniae Resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics
Neisseria gonorrhoeae*** Resistance to quinolones
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Multi-drug resistance
THE FARM  
Salmonella typhimurium DT104 Gastroenteritis
Campylobacter jejuni Campylobacteriosis, enteritis
B. EMERGING INFECTIONS IN THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION:  
Corynebacterium diptheriae Epidemic Diptheria
Treponema pallidum *** Epidemic Syphilis
KINGDOM: PROTISTA  
PROTOZOA DISEASES
Babesia microti Babesiosis
Cryptosporidium spp. Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclospora spp. Enteritis
Giardia lamblia (G.duodenalis) Giardiasis
Isospora belli Enteritis
Microsporidia Microsporidiosis
Plasmodium spp. (resistance to antimalarial drugs) Malaria
AMOEBAE  
Naegleria fowleri Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
Acanthamoeba spp. Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Acanthamoeba Keratitis
ALGAE  
Pfiesteria piscicida*** -"The Cell from Hell" Pain, narcosis, disorientation, nausea, fatigue, vomiting, memory loss, immune failure and personality changes
KINGDOM : FUNGI  
YEASTS  
Azole–resistant Candida albicans Candidiasis
Azole-resistant non-albicans Candida spp. Disseminated infections in immunocompromised hosts
Trichosporon beigelii (same as above)
Cryptococcus neoformans Cryptococcosis
MOLDS  
Fusarium spp. (hyaline molds) Fusariosis
Zygomycetes (hyaline molds) Zygomycosis
Pseudallescheria boydii (dematiaceous mold) Mycetomas, pneumonias, and disseminated infections
Scedosporium prolificans (dematiaceous

Mold)

Disseminated infections in immunocompromised hosts
DIMORPHIC FUNGI  
Coccidioides immitis Coccidioidomycosis
Histoplasma capsulatum Histoplasmosis
Penicillium marneffei Penicilliosis
VIRUSES: DISEASES
Arenaviruses:

Guanarito virus

Junin virus

Lassa virus

Machupo

Sabia virus

 

Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever

Argentine hemorrhagic fever

Lassa fever

Bolivian hemorrhagic fever

Brazilian hemorrhagic fever

Bunyaviruses:

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus

Rift Valley fever virus

Hantaviruses, including:

Hantaan virus

Sin Nombre virus

 

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever

Rift Valley fever

 

Korean hemorrhagic fever

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Cytomegalovirus Congenital and perinatal infections; severe disease in immunocompromised hosts
Flaviviruses:

Dengue virus

Yellow fever virus

 

Dengue hemorrhagic fever, dengue shock syndrome

Yellow fever

Equine morbillivirus virus Fatal, systemic disease in horses and humans
Filoviruses:

Ebola virus

Marburg virus

 

Ebola hemorrhagic fever

Marburg hemorrhagic fever

Genital Papillomavirus Genital and nongenital warts; cervical cancers and other malignant genital tumors
Hepatitis Viruses:

Hepatitis A (Picornavirus)

Hepatitis B (Hepadnavirus)

Hepatitis C (Flavivirus)

Hepatitis D (Deltavirus)

Hepatitis E (Calcivirus)

 

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis D

Hepatitis E

Herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2

(HSV-1 and HSV-2) (resistance to acyclovir)

Gingivostomatitis, Herpes genitalis, perinatal disseminated diseae
VIRUSES (con’t): DISEASES
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6)*** Exanthem subitum (sixth disease or roseola infantum)
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) Karposi’s Sarcoma
Human immunodeficiency viruses:

(HIV-1 and HIV-2) (multi-drug resistant)

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses

(HTLV-I and HTLV II)***

Leukemias and lymphoma
Influenza viruses Influenza
Rabies virus Rabies
Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses Encephalitis
PRIONS: New-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

(transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in humans) ***

 


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