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− | <big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
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− | <big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
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| ===Overview=== | | ===Overview=== |
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| *Non-lactose fermentors | | *Non-lactose fermentors |
| + | *Produce hydrogen sulphide |
| *Urease positive (differentiate from [[Salmonella|''Salmonella'']]) | | *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 |
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| + | ===Clinical infections=== |
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| + | *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]] |
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| + | NEVER a pathogen in the gut. |
| + | [[Category:Enterobacteriaceae]] |
| + | [[Category:To_Do_-_Bacteria]] |