The result was no consensus. There is no consensus for deletion at this point in time. Further discussion about the couple of proposals for a "merge", may take place at the article's talk page. -- Cirt (talk) 07:29, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Entirely built on poorly chosen sources and obviously promulgating the view that particular diseases are caused by infections. We already have List of infectious diseases, which serves this task well. JFW | T@lk 15:55, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
" If you read the introduction to the article, you will notice that a precise context is very clearly provided. "
— Drgao
" The article is not a random list of any microbial associations of diseases. "
— Drgao
" The article is not interested in diseases where immune deficiencies are the explanation for the associated infections. "
— Drgao
" If a disease were of a known etiology, there would be generally no need to investigate the microbial associations of that disease with the view to determining which microbes may potentially play a causal role in the disease. "
— Drgao