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Infectious Diseases - P to Z
paracoccidioidomycosis | Paracoccidioides brasiliensis |
paragonimiasis | Paragonimus westermani |
paravaccinia virus | milker’s nodule |
paronychia | fungal, HSV, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus aureus, streptococci (group A) |
pediculosis | Pediculus humanus capitis, P. humanus corporis, Pthirus pubis |
phaeohyphomycosis | Exophalia jeanselmei |
piedra, black | Piedraia hortae (ascomycete) |
piedra, white | Trichosporon beigeii |
pinta | Treponema carateum |
pinworm | Enterobius vermicularis |
pitted keratolysis | Corynebacterium, Dermatophillus congolensis, Micrococcus sedentarius |
| pityriasis versicolor | Malassezia species; Malassezia globosa and Malassizia sympodialis most common |
Pityrosporum ovale | see Malassezia furfur |
plague | Yersinia pestis; vector is Xenopsylla cheopis flea |
Pseudomonas | bacteremia (gram negative), ecthyma gangrenosum, folliculitis, glanders, otitis externa, paronychia |
psittacosis | Chlamydia psittaci |
purpura fulminans | Group A Streptococcus pyogenes, varicella |
Q fever | Rickettsia burnetti |
rat-bite fever | Spirillum moniliformis, Spirillum minus |
Reiter’s syndrome | Chlamydia trachomatis, Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia enterocolitica |
relapsing fever | Borrelia recurrentis, Borrelia duttonii vector is Pediculosis humanis corporis louse |
relapsing fever, tick borne | Borrelia spp. Vector is Ornithodoris tick |
rhinoscleroma | Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis |
Rickettsia | Q fever, rickettsialpox, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, scrub typhus, trench fever |
rickettsialpox | Rickettsia akari, vector is Allodermanyssus sagnuineus (dog mite) |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Rickettsia rickettsii vectors are Dermacentor viriabilis (eastern US), Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick-western US), Amblyoma americanum (lone star tick) |
rosacea | Demodex mite (?) |
roseola infantum | Herpes virus 6 |
rubella | togavirus |
Salmonella | enteric fever, erythema typhosum, erythema nodosum |
salmonellosis | Salmonella typhi & paratyphi |
scabies | Pediculosis humanis corporis |
scarlet fever | Streptococcus pyogenes; pyrogenic exotoxin A, B, or C |
schistosomiasis | Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, S. haematobium, S. mekongi |
scrub typhus | Rickettsia tsutsugamushi vector is the Trombicula deliensis tick, Trombiculid akamushi, T deliense mite |
soduku | Spirium minus |
sparganosis | Spirometra erinaceri, S. mansoni, S. mansonoides, S. proliferum |
sporotrichosis | Sporothrix schenckii |
staphylococcal | abscess, blistering digital dactylitis, botryomycosis, bullous impetigo, carbuncle, cellulitis, Chediak-Higashi s., chronic granulomatous d., ecthyma, erysipelas, felon, folliculitis, furuncle, hordeolum, impetigo, Job’s s., lymphangitis, otitis externa, paronychia, perianal dermatitis, pyoderma, pyomyositis, septic vasculitis, SSSS, stye, toxic shock s., whitlow |
staphylococcal scalded skin s. | Staphylococcus aureus phage group II |
streptococcal | causes: blistering distal dactylitis, cellulitis, ecthyma, erysipelas, erythema elevatum diutinum, erythema nodosum, gangrene, Giannoti-Crosti s., guttate psoriasis, Henoch-Schönlein panniculitis, impetigo, intertrigo, lymphangitis (acute), paronychia, perianal cellulitis, polyarteritis nodosa, purpura, purpura fulminans, scleredema, streptococcal scalded skin s., subacute nodular migratory tinea amiantacea, toxic shock-like s., vulvovaginitis associated: erythema multiforme, erythema nodosum, guttate psoriasis, vasculitis |
streptococcal scalded skin s. | Streptococcus pyogenes; pyrogenic exotoxin A, B, C |
strongyloidiasis | Strongyloides stercoralis (larva currens) |
stye | Staphylococcus |
swimmer’s itch | Schistosome cercariae |
syphilis | Treponema pallidum |
tick paralysis | vector is Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick) |
tick-borne | babesiosis, Colorado tick fever, ehrlichiosis, Lyme borreliosis, Powassan encephalitis, Q-fever, relapsing fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
tinea barbae | Trichophyton verrucosum, T. mentagrophytes |
tinea capitis | Microsporum canis (#1 worldwide), Trichophyton tonsurans (#1 US), T. violaceum, M. ferrugineum, T. schoenleinii |
tinea corporis | T. rubrum, M. canis, T. mentagrophytes |
tinea cruris | T. rubrum, Epidermophyton floccosum, T. mentagrophytes |
tinea manum | E. floccosum, T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes |
tinea nigra | Exophiala werneckii |
tinea pedis | T. rubrum, E. floccosum, T. mentagrophytes |
tinea versicolor | Malassezia furfur (Pityrosporum ovale) |
toxic shock syndrome | Staphylococcus aureus; > 90%; toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) |
toxoplasmosis | Toxoplasma gondii |
trench fever | Rickettsia quintana, (Rochilemea quintanus) vector is Pediculosis humanis corporis louse |
trichinosis | Trichinella spiralis |
trichomycosis axillaris | Corynebacterium tenuis |
Trichophyton | black dot hair, Majocchi’s granuloma, onychomycosis, tinea barbae, tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea manum, tinea pedis |
trypanosomiasis | African: Trypanosoma gambiense, T. rhodesiense vector; Glossina palpalis-tsetse fly American (Chagas d.): T. cruzi vector; assassin bug, kissing bug, reduvid bug Rhodesian vector; Glossina morsitans |
tuberculosis | Mycobacterium bovis, M. tuberculosis |
tularemia | Francisella tularenesis vectors; Chrysops dicalis deer fly, Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain wood tick) Amblyoma americanum (lone star tick) |
tungiasis | Tunga penetrans; sand flea |
typhus | endemic (murine): Rickettsia typhi; vector Xenopsylla cheopis, Nosopsyllus faasciatus fleas epidemic: Rickettsia prowazekii vector is Pediculosis humanis corporis louse scrub: Ricketssia tsutsugamushi |
urticaria, acquired cold | EBV |
verruca (papovavirus; dsDNA) | actinic keratosis; HPV 36 anogenital intraepithelial neoplasia (precancerous); HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 42-45, 51-56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 67-69, 71 anogenital warts, cervical condyloma; HPV 6, 11 butcher’s warts; HPV 7 cervical carcinoma; HPV 66 common warts; HPV 2, 4, 27, 29 common warts (immunosuppression); HPV 26 common warts (organ allograft recipient); HPV 77 epidermoid cyst; HPV 60 epidermodysplasia verruciformis, benign & malignant (macular warts); HPV 5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19-25, 36, 46, 47, 50 flat warts; HPV 3, 10, 28 flat wart (immunosuppressed); 49 genital warts; HPV 11 keratoacanthoma; HPV 16, 37 laryngeal papillomas; HPV 11 laryngeal carcinoma; HPV 30 melanoma; HPV 38 myrmecia wart; HPV 63 oral focal epithelial hyperplasia; HPV 13, 32 oral papillomas; HPV 57 oral papillomas (HIV patient); HPV 72, 73 palmoplantar warts; HPV 1 pigmented wart; HPV 65 squamous cell carcinoma (cutaneous); HPV 41, 48 vulvar papilloma; HPV 70 |
Weil’s d. | Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohemorrhagiae |
Whipple’s d. | Trophermyma whippleii |
yaws | Treponema pertenue vector is Hippelates fly |
zygomycosis | Absidia, Apophysomyces, Basidiobolus, Cunninghamella, Mortierellom Mucor, Rhizopus, Saksenaea |
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