List of oncogenic bacteria

This is a list of bacteria that have been identified as promoting or causing:

• the uncontrolled growth of tissue in the body
• cancer
• carcinomas
• tumors (including benign or slow growing)
• neoplasms
• sarcomas
• precancerous lesions
• a coinfectious agent promoting the above growths

Species or genera

Bacteroides fragilis^[1]

Helicobacter pylori^[2]

Helicobacter bilis^[2]

Helicobacter hepaticus^[2]

Chlamydia trachomatis^[2]

Neisseria gonorrhoeae^[2]

Propionibacterium acnes^[2]

Chlamydophila psittacii^[2]

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium^[2]

Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi^[2]

Mycoplasma ulcerans^[2]

Clostridium ssp^[2]

Treponema pallidum, syphilis^[2]

Borrelia burgdorferi^[2]

Helicobacter feli^[2]

Helicobacter salmonis^[2]

Helicobacter bizzozeronii^[2]

Helicobacter heilmannii^[2]

Campylobacter jejuni^[2]

Chlamydia pneumonia^[2]

Mycoplasma fermentans^[2]

Mycoplasma penetrans^[2]

Mycoplasma hyorhinis^[2]

See also

• Sexually transmitted disease
• Infectious causes of cancer
• Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori - a featured list

References

1. Sinkovics, Joseph (2011). "Molecular biology of oncogenic inflammatory processes. I. Non-oncogenic and oncogenic pathogens, intrinsic inflammatory reactions without pathogens, and microRNA/DNA interactions (Review)". International Journal of Oncology 40: 305–49. doi:10.3892/ijo.2011.1248. ISSN 1019-6439. PMID 22076306.
2. Chang, A. H.; Parsonnet, J. (2010). "Role of Bacteria in Oncogenesis". Clinical Microbiology Reviews 23 (4): 837–857. doi:10.1128/CMR.00012-10. ISSN 0893-8512. PMC 2952975. PMID 20930075.

External links

• Oncogenic infections

Further reading

Cornwall, Claudia. Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2013) Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 9781442215207.