PR Notice 2023-01; Appendix
Microorganisms | ||
Taxonomic Name (Organism or Particle Type) | Public Health Importance (Possible Clinical Significance) | |
Bacteria | ||
Spirochetes | ||
Borrelia spp. | Lyme disease, Borrelia miyamotoi disease, tick-borne relapsing fever | |
Leptospira spp. | Leptospirosis | |
Treponema spp. | Syphilis, yaws, pinta | |
Gram-Negative Bacteria – aerobic rods and cocci | ||
Campylobacter spp. | Enteritis, abscesses, | |
Pseudomonas spp. | Septicemia, abscesses, respiratory and urinary infections, bacteremia | |
Stenotrophomonas spp. | Respiratory infections, urinary tract infections | |
Burkholderia spp. | Endocarditis, septicemia, wound infections | |
Legionella spp. | Legionnaire's disease, pneumonia | |
Neisseria spp. | Meningitis, gonorrhea, urinary tract infection | |
Elizabethkingia spp. (Chryseobacterium - Flavobacteria spp.) | Nosocomial infection, meningitis, septicemia | |
Bordetella spp. | Whooping cough | |
Brucella spp. | Brucellosis, undulant fever | |
Moraxella spp. | Conjucntivitis | |
Acinetobacter spp. | Nosocomial infections | |
Aeromonas spp. | Gastroenteritis, wound, septicemia | |
Haemophilus spp. | Bronchitis, sinusitis, otitis, septicemia, venereal disease | |
Chromobacterium spp. | Pyogenic infections, septicemia | |
Gram-Negative Bacteria – facultatively anaerobic rods | ||
Vibrio spp. | Cholera, gastroenteritis, septicemia, ear infections | |
Plesiomonas spp. | Gastroenteritis | |
Pasteurella spp. | Meningitis, arthritis, otitis, septicemia, sinusitis, encephalitis | |
Actinobacillus spp. | Pneumonia, bronchitis, septicemia, sinusitis | |
Bacteroide spp. | Diarrhea, intra-abdominal abscesses, peritoneal infections, inflammatory bowel disease, anaerobic bacteremia, colon cancer | |
Cardiobacterium spp. | Endocarditis | |
Gardnerella spp. | Vaginitis | |
Eikenella spp. | Sinusitis, pulmonary infections, arthritis, endocarditis, pancreatic abscesses |
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