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==Background==
 
==Background==
==Microbiology==
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===Microbiology===
* [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Cellular shape::bacillus]]
 
* [[Oxidase::Oxidase-negative]], [[Urease::urease-positive]]
 
* Part of the flora of the urinary and genital tracts as well as gastrointestinal tract
 
   
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*Genus of [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus|bacilli]] that are oxidase [[Oxidase::negative]] and urease [[Urease::positive]]
==Clinical Presentation==
 
 
*Part of the flora of the urinary and genital tracts as well as gastrointestinal tract
* [[Causes::Urinary tract infection]]
 
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*Species of medical importance include [[Proteus mirabilis]], [[Proteus vulgaris]], and [[Proteus penneri]]
** Urease produces alkaline environment that can cause [[struvite stones]]
 
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*Intrinsically resistant to [[tetracyclines]], [[tigecycline]], [[nitrofurantoin]], and [[colistin]]
* Wound infections
 
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**[[Proteus penneri]] and [[Proteus vulgaris]] are also intrinsically resistant to [[ampicillin]], and first- and second-generation [[cephalosporins]]
* [[Causes::Pneumonia]]
 
* [[Causes::Bacteremia]]
 
   
 
==Clinical Manifestations==
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*[[Causes::Urinary tract infection]]
 
**Urease produces alkaline environment that can cause [[struvite stones]]
 
*Wound infections
 
*[[Causes::Pneumonia]]
 
*[[Causes::Bacteremia]]
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[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]
 
[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]

Latest revision as of 12:44, 25 January 2022

Background

Microbiology

Clinical Manifestations