Proteus bacteria

Use chemotherapeutic (Proteus bacteria infections, gyrase inhibitor)... 

Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria. In such cases it is necessary to form cleaning passages on the culture medium by the addition of a wetting agent, since the spreading of the proteus bacteria is prevented by wetting agents. 

Bacteria which are almost always sensitive to the sulphonamides include Strep, pneumoniae, /3-haemolytic streptococci, Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis those almost always resistant include Enterococcus faecalis, Ps. aeruginosa, indole-positive Proteus and Klebsiella whereas bacteria showing a marked variation in response include Staph, aureus, gonococci, El. influenzae and hospital strains of E. coli and Pr. mirabilis. 

From a therapeutic point of view, it is essential to confirm the presence of bacteriuria (a condition in which there are bacteria in the urine) since symptoms alone are not a reliable method of documenting infection. This applies particularly to bladder infection where the symptoms of burning micturition (dysuria) and frequency can be associated with a variety of non-bacteriuric conditions. Patients with symptomatic bacteriuria should always be treated. However, the necessity to treat asymptomatic bacteriuric patients varies with age and the presence or absence of underlying urinary tract abnormalities. In the pre-school child it is essential to treat all urinary tract infections and maintain the urine in a sterile state so that normal kidney maturation can proceed. Likewise in pregnancy there is a risk of infection ascending from the bladder to involve the kidney. This is a serious complication and may result in premature labour. Other indications for treating asymptomatic bacteriuria include the presence of underlying renal abnormalities such as stones which may be associated with repeated infections caused by Proteus spp. 

Members of the genus Proteus are unusually resistant to high concentrations of ehlorhexidine and other cationic biocides and are more resistant to EDTA than most other types of Gram-negative bacteria. A less acidic type of LPS may be responsible... 

For example, a collation of results of five researchers in the 1970s and 1980s (Table 1) shows Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Proteus, Enterobacter and Escherichia to be the most commonly contaminating aerobic bacteria. In addition Opperman and Goll (1984) also investigated the incidence of anaerobic micro-organisms finding Bacteroides, Clostridium, Desulphovibrio and Bifidobacterium species. 

Although proteins can be expressed in many heterologous production systems, including bacteria such as Proteus mirabilis [1], fungi such as Pichia pastoris [2, 3] and Aspergillus awamori [4] and insect cells [5, 6], the pharmaceutical industry has narrowed down process development to a small number of platform technologies ... 

The answer is c. (Hardman, p 1086.) Ticarcillin resembles carbenicillin and has a high degree of potency against Pseudomonas and Proteus organisms but is broken down by penicillinase produced by various bacteria, including most staphylococci. Oxacillin, cloxacillin, nafcillin, and dicloxacillin are all resistant to penicillinase and are effective against staphylococci. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Infections from other bacteria such as Enterobacter, E. coli, Klebsiella, Proteus, and Providencia, producing meningitis, pneumonia, or sepsis. 

Standard and the isolated strains of the following bacteria, namely Escherichia coli (ATCC 35218), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 10145), Proteus mirabilis (ATCC 7002), Klebsiella pneumoniae (RSKK 574), Acinetobacter baumannii (RSKK 02026), Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923), and Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC 29212) for determination of antibacterial activity, along with standard strains of Candida albicans (ATCC 10231) and C. parapsilosis (ATCC 22019) were used for determination of antifungal activity. 

Urinary tract infections are very commonly caused by Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli, the Proteus species and Pseudomonas species. 

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