Disease Categories / Localized Infections

Diseas	Scope	Incubation
Bell's palsy	Global	Estimated: days to weeks:
Bite wounds	Global	Estimated 1 to 5 days;
Brain abscess	Global	Hours to months;
Bronchitis	Global	Estimated: 12 hours to 4 weeks;
Candida paronychia	Global	Days
Cellulitis and erysipelas	Global	Estimated 1-5 days;
Conjunctivitis	Global	4-12 days for adenovirus infections; 12 hours to 3 days for picornavirus; 6-19 days for chlamydia, and 2-20 days for microsporidia; [CCDM, p. 129-34]
Empyema	Global	Estimated: days to weeks;
Encephalitis	Global	Estimated: days to weeks;
Endocarditis, infective	Global	Days to weeks; usually within 2 weeks of bacteremia; [ID, p. 573]
Epiglottitis	Global	Estimated: 1-5 days;
Gas gangrene	Global	After trauma, at least 6 hours and usually less than 4 days; [Harrison ID, p. 463]
Gastroenteritis	Global	Estimated: hours to weeks;
Herpetic whitlow	Global	2-12 days; [CCDM]
Impetigo	Global	Estimated: days to weeks;
Keratitis	Global	Estimated: 1 day to many weeks:
Liver abscess	Global	Estimated: several days to several months;
Lymphadenopathy	Global	Estimated: days to months;
Mastoiditis	Global	Estimated: days to weeks;
Meningitis	Global	Estimated: 1 day to several weeks;
Necrotizing fasciitis	Global	Varies from rapid onset (superficial infection) to slower onset (infection of deeper structures); [Harrisons, p. 536] Estimated: 1-5 days;
Noma	Rare in industrialized countries; "Noma belt" includes Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia; Cases have been reported in Lao People's Democratic Republic and Haiti; [CCDM]	Unknown;
Onychomycosis	Global	Unknown; [CCDM, p. 229]
Orbital cellulitis	Global	Estimated: days (bacteria) to weeks (fungi);
Osteomyelitis	Global	Estimated: days to weeks;
Otitis externa	Global	Estimated: days to weeks;
Otitis media	Global	Estimated: 1-10 days;
Parapharyngeal space infections	Global	Estimated: 1-10 days;
Pericarditis	Global	Estimated: days to weeks;
Pharyngitis	Global	1-4 days for Group A Strept; [Harrisons, p. 454] Estimated: 1 day to 1 month for all causes;
Pneumonia	Global	Estimated: 1 day to 2 months;
Sepsis	Global	Estimated 1 day to several weeks;
Septic arthritis	Global	Estimated: days to weeks;
Sinusitis	Global	1 to 10 days for viruses and bacteria and weeks to months for fungi;
Tinea barbae	Global	Usually 10-14 days; [CCDM, p. 173]
Tinea capitis	Global; Black piedra is endemic to tropical areas of South America, southeastern Asia, and Africa; [CCDM, p. 228]	Usually 10-14 days; [CCDM, p. 173]
Tinea corporis, cruris, or pedis	Global	Usually 4-10 days for tinea corporis and cruris; unknown for tinea pedis; [CCDM, p. 231-2]
Tinea versicolor	Global, but more common in warm humid climates; [ABX Guide]	Normal flora in 90% to 100% of people; [ABX Guide]