Several microorganisms may be causative agents of CAP, and Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause [ 1].
Platelet adhesion to the artificial surface of the dialyzer's membrane, blood vessel endothelial wall disruption, and quantitative and qualitative changes in clothing factors are thought to be causative agents of the above-mentioned conditions.
Due to their high antimicrobial tolerances, biofilms formed by pathogenic bacteria pose serious problems to human health, for example, pathogenic P. aeruginosa, C. albicans, and E. coli biofilms are believed to be causative agents of cystic fibrosis, prostatitis, periodontitis, and urinary catheter cystitis (Costerton et al. 1999).
Since their discovery by Emmy Klieneberger in 1935 [7], L-forms, named in honor of the Lister Institute where she worked, have been suspected to be causative agents of disease underlying chronic and persistent infections [4], [6], [8].
Of significance – in terms of public health, agriculture and land development – we detected a number of assemblies homologous to viruses reported to be causative agents of diseases of plants, insects, livestock, aquaculture and humans (Table 2).
Fifty years ago, the idea that viruses might be causative agents of human cancers was controversial.
The common viruses of the family Herpesviridae, however, including the common herpes simplex viruses that cause cold sores and the venereal disease genital herpes, are suspected of being causative agents of cancer.
'Norwalk-like viruses' (NLVs) and human astroviruses are causative agents of gastroenteritis in all age-groups.
Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) are causative agents of human and animal tuberculosis.
Streptococcus pyogenes and E. coli are causative agents of millions of illness.
Trypanosomatids are causative agents of several devastating tropical diseases such as African sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease and leishmaniasis.
