Difference between revisions of "Proteus"

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-{{review}}
+<big><center>[[Enterobacteriaceae|'''BACK TO ENTEROBACTERIACEAE''']]</center></big>
+<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
+<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
 ===Overview===
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 *Non-lactose fermentors
-*Produce hydrogen sulphide
 *Urease positive (differentiate from [[Salmonella|''Salmonella'']])
-*Highly motile via flagellae
-*May swarm on blood agar
-*Grow on MacConkey agar, producing colourless colonies
-*Produce yellow-green colonies on Brilliant Green agar
-===Clinical infections===
-*Pathogenic strains include ''Proteus mirabilis'' and ''Proteus vulgaris''
-*''Proteus mirabilits'' associated with sporadic infections in dogs, cats, cattle, fowl
-*Urinary tract infections in dogs, cats and horses
-*Formation of struvite or apatite stone in the kidney (catalysed by urease)
-*Associated with otitis externa in dogs
-*Wound infections
-*In [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]]
-NEVER a pathogen in the gut.
-[[Category:Enterobacteriaceae]]
-[[Category:To_Do_-_Bacteria]]