Bacterial, Fungal and Viral Infections

1. Air Borne
DiseAses

2. Types of
Micro-
organisms
•Bacteria
•Fungi
•Viruses

3. BActeriA

4. Streptococcus pyogenes
Sore Throat Mastoiditis

5. Streptococcus pyogenes
Peritonitis Erysepilas

6. Yersinia pestis

7. • Corynebacterium diphtheria
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Streptococcus penumoniae and
Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Bordetella pertusis
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Haemophilus influenzae
• AND MANY MORE …

8. Fungi

9. Histoplasma capsulatum
Other
•Cryptococcus neoformans
•Alternaria alternata
•Rhizopus stolonifer
Aspergillus fumigatus

10. Viruses

11. Smallpox Chickenpox
Causative agent
is Variolla virus
Rash + fluid
filled blisters
Varicella zoster
fluid filled
transparent
blisters

12. Mumps Influenza
Causative agent is
Mumps virus
Inflammation of
Parotid (Salivary)
gland
Influenza virus
Fever, chills, runny
nose, headache,
muscle pain

13. The List
Of
Airborne
Pathogens
&
Diseases
is
Unending...

14. The Airborne diseases
continue to remain as a
threat to human life and
put challenge to us to
combat the new emerging
pathogens with superior
abilities to cause infection,