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Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Alcaligenes faecalis''}} == Background == * Afermentative Stain::Gram-negative Shape::bacillus within the genue Genus::Alcaligenes * Motile with a peritrichous flagella * Oxidase Oxidase::positive, catalase Catalase::positive * Environmental organism found in soil and water as well as in the human gut microbiota == Clinical Manifestations == <blockquote> * In children, can cause neonatal sepsis, as well as otitis media,..."

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Alcaligenes faecalis''}}

== Background ==

* Afermentative [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]] within the genue [[Genus::Alcaligenes]]
* Motile with a peritrichous flagella
* Oxidase [[Oxidase::positive]], catalase [[Catalase::positive]]
* Environmental organism found in soil and water as well as in the human [[gut microbiota]]

== Clinical Manifestations ==
<blockquote>
* In children, can cause [[neonatal sepsis]], as well as [[otitis media]], [[keratitis]], and [[endophthalmitis]]
* In adults, can cause [[UTI]] including [[pyelonephritis]], [[pneumonia]], [[pancreatic abscess]], [[diabetic foot infection]], and [[osteomyelitis]] with bone abscess, and [[peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis]]
</blockquote>

== Management ==

* Most reliable antibiotics are [[imipenem]], [[meropenem]], and [[ceftazidime]] (about 66% susceptible), followed by [[ciprofloxacin]] and [[piperacillin-tazobactam]] (about 50% susceptible)

== Further Reading ==

* Extensively drug-resistant ''Alcaligenes faecalis'' infection. ''BMC Infect Dis.'' 2020;20:833. doi: [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05557-8 10.1186/s12879-020-05557-8]

[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]

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