Changes

486 bytes added , 10:44, 25 June 2010

no edit summary

Line 1: Line 1: −

~~<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===

Line 12: Line 10:

*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]]

Bara

Author, Donkey, Bureaucrats, Administrators

53,803

edits

Changes

Proteus (view source)

Revision as of 10:44, 25 June 2010