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Pseudomonas and other related genera

Pseudomonas and other related genera. Genus Pseudomonas. Strict aerobe Gram-negative rods Non-fermentative Pseudomonas aeruginosa Oxidase -positive Opportunistic infections. Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Intestinal tracts, water, soil, and sewage Moist environment in hospitals

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Pseudomonas and other related genera

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  1. Pseudomonas and other related genera

  2. Genus Pseudomonas • Strict aerobe • Gram-negative rods • Non-fermentative • Pseudomonas aeruginosa • Oxidase-positive • Opportunistic infections

  3. Pseudomonas aeruginosa • Intestinal tracts, water, soil, and sewage • Moist environment in hospitals • Able to grow in eye drops, saline, other aqueous solutions • Cause hospital infections • Infections often difficult to treat

  4. P. aeruginosa infections • Skin infection • UTI • Respiratory infections • Otitisexterna • Eye infections

  5. Oxidase test P. aeruginosa gram stain

  6. P. aeruginosa pigmentation on agar medium

  7. Pseudomonas green pigmentation

  8. Other related genera • Genus Burkholderia • Burkholderiacepacia • Genus Stenotrophomonas • Stenotrophomonasmaltophilia • Opportunistic infections

  9. Genus Acinetobacter • Strict aerobe • Non-fermentative • Gram-negative bacilli or coccobacilli • Acinetobacter baumannii • Oxidase-negative • Opportunistic infections

  10. Treatment

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