- Pathogen:
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Pyocyanin production is unique to this organism, which is evident on both Blood agar and MacConkey agar plates.
- Pathogen Information:
- Nonfermenting, aerobic, gram-negative bacilli.
- Epidemiology:
- Environmental organism also found on skin, mucous membranes and in feces of healthy animals. Opportunistic pathogen Intrinsically resistant; susceptibility testing should be carried out on all isolates Infections are normally caused by a breach in host defenses
- Associated Syndromes:
- Mastitis Metritis Pneumonia Dermatitis Enteritis Otitis media Fleece-rot Respiratory infections Genital tract infections Ulcerative keratitis Cystitis Septicemia Necrotic stomatitis
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.