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Revision as of 13:16, 24 May 2010
Pasteurella and Mannheimia species
Overview Pasteurella and Mannheimia
- Common commensals of the upper respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract mucosa of animals
- Usually opportunistic organisms, causing disease during times of stress, low resistance or concurrent infection
- Not part of the human bacterial flora
- Small Gram-negative bacilli or coccobacilli
- Facultative anaerobes
- Oxidase-positive
- May show bipolar staining with polychrome stains such as Wright's stain
- Capsules contain acidic polysaccharides
Pasteurella Properties
- Catarrhal odour
- Produce endotoxins which cause host damage and death
- Their capsules resist phagocytosis
- Pasteurella may be found in deep pyoderma
Pages in category "Pasteurella and Mannheimia species"
The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.