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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Gram-negative,
aerobic
rod belonging to the bacterial family
Pseudomonadaceae
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Produces the blue-green pigment
pyocyanin
Free-living bacterium, commonly found in
soil
and
water
, although it can be found on the surfaces of plants and animals
Emerging opportunistic pathogen
of clinical relevance, that can lead to fatality
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Symptoms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
Pneumonia
Urinary tract
infections
Surgical
wound infections
Blood stream
infections (bacteraemia)
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
is particularly frequent as a cause of
chronic respiratory
infection
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The overall rate of
Pseudomonas
spp.
bacteraemia
in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was 7.8 per 100,000 population in 2018
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There was a
22.2
% increase in Pseudomonas spp. bacteraemia between 2009 and
2018
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The most commonly identified species in blood is
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(
80%
)
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In England, Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
has dual resistance to gentamicin,
ciprofloxacin
, meropenem, piperacillin/tazobactam, Imipenem, tobramycin, ciprofloxacin and ceftazidime
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Pseudomonas
aeruginosa is more commonly reported among those aged
75
years and older, especially among males
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