Infectious Disease Hierarchal List

  1. Parasitology
    1. Helminths
      1. Intestinal Nematodes
        1. Enterobius vermicularis
        2. Trichuris trichiura
        3. Ascaris lumbricoides
        4. Strongyloides sterocaralis
        5. Ancylostoma duodenal and Necator americanus
        6. Ancylostoma braziliense and Anyclostoma caninum
      2. Tissue Nematodes
        1. Trichinella spiralis
        2. Dracunulus medinesis
        3. Baylisascaris procyonis
        4. Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati
        5. Dirofilaria immitis
      3. Nematodes (Threadworms)
        1. Loa loa
        2. Brugia malayi and Brugia timori
        3. Wuchereria bancrofti
        4. Onchocerca volvulus
        5. Mansonella (spp.)
      4. Cestodes
        1. Taenia saginata
        2. Taenia solium
        3. Diphyllobothrium latam
        4. Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta
        5. Echinococcus granulosus
        6. Dyplidium Caninum
      5. Trematodes
        1. Schistosoma (spp)
        2. Paragonimus westermani
        3. Clonorchis sinesis
        4. Fasciolopsis buski
        5. Fasciola hepatica
    2. Protists
      1. Free Living Amoeba
        1. Naegleria fowleri
        2. Acanthamoeba species
        3. Balamuthia mandrillaris
      2. Intestinal Amoebas
        1. Entamoeba histolytica Troph
        2. Entamoeba histolytica Cyst
        3. Entamoeba dispar Troph
        4. Entamoeba dispar Cyst
        5. Entamoeba hartmanni Troph
        6. Entamoeba hartmanni Cyst
        7. Entamoeba coli Troph
        8. Entamoeba coli Cyst
        9. Entamoeba polecki Troph
        10. Entamoeba polecki Cyst
        11. Entamoeba gingivalis Troph
        12. Endolimax nana Troph
        13. Endolimax nana Cyst
        14. Iodamoeba buetschlii Troph
        15. Iodamoeba buetschlii Cyst
      3. Non-flagellated Intestinal Excavata
        1. Dientamoeba fragilis
      4. Intestinal Excavata (Flagellates)
        1. Giardia lamblia
        2. Giardia intestinalis
        3. Chilomastix mesnili
        4. Trichomonas vaginalis
        5. Trichomonas tenax
        6. Enteromonas hominis
        7. Retortamonas intestinalis
      5. Blood/Tissue Flagellates (Euglenozoa>Kinetoplastea)
        1. Trypanosoma spp
        2. Leishmania spp
      6. Intestinal Ciliate
        1. Balantidium coli
      7. Apicomplexans/Sporozoans
        1. Plasmodium spp
        2. Plasmodium falciparum
        3. Plasmodium vivax
        4. Plasmodium ovale
        5. Plasmodium malariae
        6. Babesia spp
        7. Cryptosporidium parvum
        8. Cystoisospora belli
        9. Cyclospora spp
        10. Toxoplasma gondii
      8. Diatom/Algae/Yeast/Fungal-like
        1. Blastocystis hominis
        2. Pneumocystis jovecii
        3. Prototheca wickerhamii
    3. Ectoparasites
      1. Diptera
      2. Hemiptera
      3. Siphonaptera
      4. Phthiraptera
      5. Ixodidae/Argasidae
      6. Mites
      7. Chiggers
  2. Mycology
    1. Yeast
      1. Budding Yeasts
        1. Candida albicans
        2. Candida galbrata
        3. Candida dubliensis
        4. Crypotcoccus neoformans
        5. Trichosporon
        6. Rhodotorula
        7. Geotrichum candidum
        8. Saccharomyces
    2. Fungi
      1. Hyaline mould
        1. Aspergillus spp.
        2. Penicillium spp.
        3. Acremonium spp.
        4. Fusarium spp.
        5. Paecilomyces spp.
        6. Chrysosporium spp.
      2. Zygomycetes
        1. Absidia spp.
        2. Mucor spp.
        3. Rhizomucor spp.
        4. Rhizopus spp.
        5. Syncephalastrum spp.
      3. Dermatophyte
        1. Trichophyton spp.
        2. Epidermophyton spp.
        3. Microsporum spp.
      4. Dematiaceous
        1. Alternaria spp.
        2. Curvularia spp.
      5. Dimorphic Fungi
        1. Blastomyces dermatitidis
        2. Coccidioides immitis
        3. Histoplasma capsulatum
        4. Sporothrix spp.
        5. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
        6. Talaromyces (formerly Penicillium) marneffei
        7. Pneumocystis jirovecii
  3. Bacteriology (Anareobes Bolded)
    1. Gram Positive Cocci
      1. Catalase Positive, Oxidase Negative
        1. Staphylococcus aureus
        2. Staphylcoccus epidermis
        3. Staphylococcus Saprophyticus
        4. Micrococcus spp
      2. Catalase Negative
        1. Streptococcus pyogenes
        2. Streptococcus agalactiae
        3. Streptococcus bovis (S. gallolyticus and S. infantarius)
        4. Streptococcus Viridans Group
        5. Streptococcus pneumoniae
        6. Enterococcus faecium
        7. Enterococcus fecalis
        8. Peptostreptococcus spp.
    2. Gram Negative Cocci
      1. Oxidase Positive Catalase Positive
        1. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
        2. Neisseria meningitidis
        3. Neisseria lactamica
        4. Neisseria sicca
        5. Moraxella catarrhalis
      2. Oxidase Positive Catalase Negative
        1. Veillonella spp
    3. Gram Positive Bacilli
      1. Catalase Positive
        1. Listeria monocytogenes
        2. Corynebacterium diphtheria
        3. Corynebacterium jeikeium
        4. bacillus anthracis
        5. bacillus cereus
        6. bacillus subtilus
        7. propionibacterium (now cutibacterium) acnes
      2. Catalase Negative
        1. Nocardia asteroides
        2. gardnerella vaginalis
        3. erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
        4. lactobacillus spp
        5. clostridium perfringens
        6. Clostridium tetani
        7. clostridium botulinum
        8. clostridium difficile
        9. mobiluncus spp
      3. Catalase Variable
        1. actinomycetes spp
    4. Gram Negative Bacilli
      1. Enterobacteriaciea (Nitrate Positve, Oxidase Negative)
        1. Escherichia coli
        2. Klebsiella pneumoniae
        3. Klebsiella oxytoca
        4. Enterobacter cloacae
        5. Enterobacter aerogenes
        6. Citrobacter freundi
        7. Citrobacter diversus
        8. Edwardsella tarda
        9. Serratia marcescens
        10. Proteus mirabilis
        11. Proteus vulgaris
        12. Proteus penneri
        13. Morganella morganii
        14. Providencia rettgeri
        15. Providencia stuartii
        16. Salmonella typhi
        17. Shigella dysenteriae
        18. Shigella flexneri
        19. Shigella boydii
        20. Shigella sonnei
        21. Yersenia enterocolitica
        22. Yersenia pseudotuberculosis
        23. Yersenia pestis
      2. Other Oxidase Negative
        1. Acinetobacter baumanii
        2. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
        3. Burkholderia cepacia
      3. Oxidase Positive
        1. Vibrio cholera
        2. Vibrio parahemolyticus
        3. Vibrio vulnificus
        4. Vibrio alginolyticus
        5. Aeromonas hydrophila
        6. Pleisiomonas shigelloides
        7. Campylobacter jejuni
        8. Helicobacter pylori
        9. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
        10. Chryseobacterium menigosepticum
        11. Flavobacterium sp.
        12. Hemophilus influenzae
        13. Hemophilus parainfluenzae
        14. Hemophilus ducreyi
        15. Bordetella pertussis
        16. Legionella pneumophila
        17. Brucella sp.
        18. Franciscella tularensis
        19. Pasturella multocida
        20. Bacteroides fragilis
        21. Fusobacterium spp
        22. Prevotella
        23. Porphyromonas
    5. No Gram Stain
      1. No Cell Wall
        1. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
        2. mycoplamsa hominis
        3. Mycoplasma genitalium
        4. Ureaplasma urealyticum
      2. Spirochetes
        1. Treponema pallidum
        2. Borrelia recurrentis
        3. Borrelia burgdorferi
        4. Leptospira spp.
      3. Intracellular Bacteria
        1. Chlamydia psittaci
        2. Chlamydia trachomatis
        3. Chlamydia pneumoniae
        4. Coxiella burnetti
        5. Rickettsia rickettsii
        6. Rickettsia typhi
    6. Acid Fast Bacilli
      1. Runyon I: Photochromogens
        1. M. kansasii
        2. M. marinum
        3. M. simiae
      2. Runyon II: Scotochromogens
        1. M. gordonae
        2. M. flavescens
        3. M. scrofulaceum
      3. Runyon III: Nonchromogens
        1. M. avium
        2. M. Intracellularae
        3. M. xenopi
        4. M. ulcerans
      4. Runyon IV: Rapid Growers
        1. M. smegmatis
        2. M. chelonae
        3. M. abscessens
        4. M. fortuitum
      5. Tuberculosis complex
        1. M. tuberculosis
        2. M. africanum
        3. M. bovis
        4. M. canetti
      6. Not cultureable
        1. M. leprae
  4. Virology
    1. Baltimore I: dsDNA (circular/linear)
      1. Adenoviridae: naked (linear)
      2. Herpesviridae: enveloped (linear)
        1. HSV 1 & 2
        2. Varicella-Zoster
        3. Cytomegalovirus
        4. Epstein-Barr virus
      3. Poxviridae: enveloped (linear)
        1. Small Pox (Varioloa virus
        2. Cow Pox
      4. Papovaviridae: naked (circular)
        1. HPV
      5. Polyomaviridae: naked (circular)
    2. Baltimore II: ssDNA (+/- and circular/linear)
      1. Parvoviridae: naked
        1. Parvovirus B19
      2. Anelloviridae: naked (- and circular)
    3. Baltimore III: dsRNA
      1. Reoviridae: naked
        1. Rotavirus
    4. Baltimore IV: ssRNA (+)
      1. Picornaviridae: naked
        1. Enterovirus
        2. Coxsakie
        3. Polio
        4. Hepatitis A
        5. Echovirus
        6. Rhinovirus
      2. Flaviviridae: enveloped
        1. Hepatitis C
        2. West Nile Virus
        3. Zika
        4. St. Louis Encephalitis
        5. Yellow Fever
        6. Dengue Fever
      3. Togaviridae: enveloped
        1. Rubella
      4. Coronaviridae: enveloped
        1. SARS
        2. MERS
      5. Calciviridae: naked
        1. Norowalk
    5. Baltimore V: ssRNA (-)
      1. Orthomyxoviridae: enveloped
        1. Influenza A and B
      2. Paramyxoviridae: enveloped
        1. Croup
        2. RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
        3. Metapnuemovirus
        4. Mumps
        5. Measles
      3. Bunyaviridae: enveloped
        1. Rift Valley Fever
        2. Hantavirus
      4. Arenaviridae: enveloped
        1. Lassa virus
        2. Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis virus)
      5. Rhabdoviridae: enveloped
        1. Rabies
      6. Filoviridae: enveloped
        1. Ebola
        2. Marburg
    6. Baltimore VI: ssRNA with DNA intermediate
      1. Retroviridae: enveloped
        1. HIV 1 & 2
        2. HTLV
    7. Baltimore VII: dsDNA with RNA intermediate
      1. Hepadnaviridae: enveloped (both + and – and partially circular)
        1. Hepatitis B virus
  5. Viroid
    1. Hepatitis D virus
  6. Proteopathology
    1. Prions
      1. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
      2. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
      3. Kuru
      4. Fatal familial insomnia
      5. Gerstmann–Straussler–Scheinker syndrome
    2. Prion-Like
      1. Alzheimer’s Disease
      2. Parkinson’s Disease