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Figure 7.1 Common stains used for demonstration of microbes. A, Gram’s stain. B, Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) or AFB stain. C, Giemsa stain. D,
Periodic acid Schiff (PAS) stain. E, Mucicarmine stain. F, Gomori methenamine silver (GMS) stain.

  TABLE 7.2: Diseases Caused by Bacteria, Spirochaetes and Mycobacteria.
General Pathology and Basic Techniques
Disease Etiologic Agent
1. Typhoid (enteric) fever (Chapter 20) Salmonella typhi
2. Plague* Yersinia pestis
3. Anthrax* Bacillus anthracis
4. Whooping cough* (pertussis) Bordetella pertussis
5. Chancroid Haemophilus ducreyi
6. Granuloma inguinale* Calymmatobacterium donovani
7. Gonorrhoea Neisseria gonorrhoeae
8. Cholera Vibrio cholerae
9. Shigellosis S. dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S. boydii, S. sonnei
10. Brucellosis B. melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis, B. canis
11. Diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheriae
12. Lobar pneumonia (Chapter 17) Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae,
Klebsiella pneumoniae
13. Bronchopneumonia (Chapter 17) Staphylococci, Streptococci, K. pneumoniae, H. influenzae
14. Bacterial meningitis (Chapter 30) Escherichia coli, H.influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae
15. Bacterial endocarditis (Chapter 16) Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus viridans
16. Other staphylococcal infections* S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus
17. Streptococcal infections* S. pyogenes, S. faecalis, S. pneumoniae. S. viridans
18. E. coli infections (Chapter 22) Escherichia coli
(Urinary tract infection)
19. Clostridial diseases*
i) Gas gangrene C. perfringens
ii) Tetanus C. tetani
iii) Botulism C. botulinum
iv) Clostridial food poisoning C. perfringens
v) Necrotising enterocolitis C. perfringens
20. Tuberculosis (page 149) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
21. Leprosy (page 158) Mycobacterium leprae
22. Syphilis (page 161) Treponema pallidum
23. Actinomycosis (page 163) Actinomyces israelii
24. Nocardiosis Nocardia asteroides
*Diseases discussed in this chapter.