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12. Microbiology & Pathology

Disease Causative Microorganism

A. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

1. Gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhoeae

2. Syphilis Treponema pallidum (Spirochetes)

3. Genital herpes Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2 (HSV-2)

4. Chancroid Haemophilus ducreyi

5. Lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis

B. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

1. Pharyngitis Streptococci

2. Scarlet fever Streptococci

3. Pneumonia Haemophilus influenza,
Streptococcal pneumonia,
Klebsiella pneumoniae,
Chlamydia psittaci,
Chlamydia pneumoniae,
Streptococci

4. Atypical pneumonia Mycoplasma pneumoniae

5. Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis

6. Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) Mycobacterium leprae

7. Legionnaire’s disease Legionella pneumophila

8. Lung and systematic infections in AIDS Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC)
patients

C. Infectious Diseases

1. Urinary Tract Infection Escherichia coli,
Neisseria gonorrhoeae,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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