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| + | <big><center>[[Enterobacteriaceae|'''BACK TO ENTEROBACTERIACEAE''']]</center></big> |
| − | | + | <big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big> |
| − | ===Overview===
| + | <big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big> |
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| − | *Inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tract
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| − | *Not pathogenic in the gut
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| − | *Opportunistic infections
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| − | ===Characteristics===
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| − | *Non-lactose fermentors
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| − | *Produce hydrogen sulphide
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| − | *Urease positive (differentiate from [[Salmonella|''Salmonella'']])
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| − | *Highly motile via flagellae
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| − | *May swarm on blood agar
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| − | *Grow on MacConkey agar, producing colourless colonies
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| − | *Produce yellow-green colonies on Brilliant Green agar
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| − | ===Clinical infections===
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| − | *Pathogenic strains include ''Proteus mirabilis'' and ''Proteus vulgaris''
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| − | *''Proteus mirabilits'' associated with sporadic infections in dogs, cats, cattle, fowl
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| − | *Urinary tract infections in dogs, cats and horses
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| − | *Formation of struvite or apatite stone in the kidney (catalysed by urease)
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| − | *Associated with otitis externa in dogs
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| − | *Wound infections
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| − | *In [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]]
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| − | NEVER a pathogen in the gut.
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| − | [[Category:Enterobacteriaceae]]
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| − | [[Category:To_Do_-_Bacteria]]
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