I swear they purposely make this confusing

Everything sounds the same!

Enterococcus is not Enterobacter, which is not quite the same as Enterobacteriaciae. Enterococcus faecalis is not Enterococcus faecium.

Enterococcus, along with Streptococcus and Staphylococcus, are bacteria, but Echinococcus is a worm. And Cryptococcus is a fungus, which, by the way, should not be confused with Cryptosporidium, which is a protozoan.

Typhus is a completely different disease from typhoid. Not even close.

There’s also erythema nodosum, erythema infectosum, erythema migrans, ecthyma gangrenosum (not a misspelling), eczema herpeticum, and eczema vaccinatum.

Trichinosis, trichuriasis, trichomoniasis, and trypanosomiasis are four totally different infestations. One is from undercooked pork, one is from ingesting soil, one of them causes vaginal discharge, another causes African sleeping sickness. Oh, and trichotillomania is a psychological condition. One that I am at risk of developing right now.

Tags: bacteria, diseases, parasites, words