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| KLEBSIELLAE FAMILY MEMBERS |
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Definition
KLEBSIELLA
ENTEROBACTER
PANTOEA
HAFNIA |
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| GENERAL FEATURES OF KLEBSIELLAE |
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NORMAL INTESTINAL FLORA
FREE-LIVING IN SOIL, WATER AND PLANTS
ASSOCIATED WITH OPPORTUNISTIC AND NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
PNEUMONIA WOUND INFECTIONS AND UTIS MOST COMMON |
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K PNEUMONIA
K OXYTOCA
K PNEUMONIA SUBSP ORNITHOLYTICA
K PLANTICOLA
K TERRIGENA |
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| KLESIELLA GENERAL FEATURES |
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Definition
NON MOTILE*****
K PNEUMONIAE IS MOST COMMONLY ISOLATED SP |
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Definition
HAS POLYSACCHARIDE CAPSULE
FORMS MOIST, MUCOID COLONIES
FREQ CAUSE OF LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS AND IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOTS
OTHER INFECTIONS INCLUDE WOUND INFECTIONS UTIS AND BACTEREMIA
PLASMID TRANSFER OF ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE GENES LEAD OT DRUG-RESISTANT OUTBREAKS |
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| ENTEROBACTER AND PANTOEA SPECIES |
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Definition
E CLOACAE
E AEROGENES
E GERGOVIAE
E SAKAZAKII
E HORMAECHEI
E AGGLOMERANS RENAMED PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS |
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| GENERAL FEATURES OF ENTEROBACTER AND PANTOEA |
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Definition
MOTILE
COLONY MORPH SIMILAR TO KLEB ON MAC
E CLOACAE AND AEROGENES ARE MOST COMMON SP
ISOLATED FROM WOUNDS, URINE, BLOOD AND CSF |
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Definition
S MARCESCENS
S LIQUEFACIENS
S RUBIDAEA
S ODORIFERA
S FLYMUTHICA
S FICARIA
S ENTOMOPHILA
S FONTICOLA |
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| SERRATIA GENERAL FEATURES |
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Definition
OPPORTUNISTIC/NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
PRODUCE DNASE
HIGHLY RESISTANT TO ANTIMICROBIALS
UTI, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, BACTEREMIA AND SEPTIC ARTHRITIS |
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Term
| GENERA BELONGING TO PROTEEAE |
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Definition
PROTEUS
MORGANELLA
PROVIDENCIA |
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| GENERAL FEATURES OF PROTEEAE |
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Definition
NORMAL INTESTINAL FLORA
OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS
PDA POSITIVE
NON LACTOSE FERMENTERS |
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Definition
P. MIRABILIS
P. VULGARIS
P. PENNERI
P. MYXOFACIENS |
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Term
| MOST COMMON DISEASE CAUSING SPECIES IN PROTEUS GENERA |
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Definition
| P MIRABILIS AND P VULGARIS |
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| GENERAL FEATURES OF PROTEUS |
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Definition
SWARMING ON BLOOD AGAR
BURNT CHOCOLATE ODOR
PRODUCE H2S AND HYDROLYZE UREA |
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| P VULGARIS AND MIRABILIS ARE DIFFERENTIATED BY... |
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| VULGARIS PRODUCES INDOLE AND IS ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE NEG AND SUCROSE POSITIVE (A/A ON TSIA) |
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M MORGANII IS ONLY SPECIES
DOCUMENTED CAUSE OF UTI AND HAS BEEN ISOLATED FROM OTHER HUMAN BODY SITES |
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Definition
P. RETTGERI IS DOCUMENTED PATHOGEN OF URINARY TRACT
P STUARTII IS A COMMON CAUSE OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN BURN PATIENTS
HIGHLY RESISTANT TO ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS |
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| CITROBACTER GENERAL FEATURES |
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Definition
FERMENTS LACTOSE AND HYDROLYZE UREA
GROWTH ON SIMMONS CITRATE
METHYL RED POSITIVE
ASSOCIATED WITH HOSPITAL INFECTIONS SUCH AS UTI PNEUMONIAS AND INTRA-ABDOMINAL ABSCESSES
ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOCARDITIS IN IVDU |
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H ALVEI IS THE ONLY SPECIES
HAS TWO BIOTYPES
ISOLATED FROM VARIOUS HUMAN SPECIMENS AND IN THE ENVIRONMENT
DELAYED POSITIVE CITRATE RXN |
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Definition
THREE SPECIES: TARDA, HOSHINAE, ICTALURI
E. TARDA IS ONLY HUMAN PATHOGEN
NEGATIVE FOR UREA AND GROWTH ON SIMMONS CITRATE
POS FOR LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE, H2S AND INDOLE. |
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