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Pseudomonas infection refers to a disease caused by one of the species of the genus Pseudomonas. P. aeruginosa is a germ found in the environment and it is an opportunistic human pathogen most commonly infecting immunocompromised patients, such as those with cancer, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, [1] severe burns, AIDS, [2] or people who are very ...
Eikenella corrodens is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacillus that can cause severe invasive disease in humans. [ 1 ] It was first identified by M. Eiken in 1958, who called it Bacteroides corrodens. [ 2 ]E. corrodens is a rare pericarditis associated pathogen. [ 3 ] It is a fastidious, slow growing, human commensal bacillus, capable of ...
Sinusitis (or rhinosinusitis) is defined as an inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the paranasal sinuses and is classified chronologically into several categories: [ 22 ] Acute sinusitis – A new infection that may last up to four weeks and can be subdivided symptomatically into severe and nonsevere.
Bartonella henselae is a member of the genus Bartonella, one of the most common types of bacteria in the world. [specify] It is a facultative intracellular microbe that targets red blood cells. In the United States, about 20,000 cases are diagnosed each year, [2] most under 15 years old. Most often, it is transmitted by scratches or bites from ...
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is a gram-positive spherically shaped bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus [ 1 ] found worldwide. [ 2 ] It is primarily a pathogen for domestic animals, [ 3 ] but has been known to affect humans as well. [ 4 ]S. pseudintermedius is an opportunistic pathogen that secretes immune-modulating virulence factors, has ...
Moraxella catarrhalis is a fastidious, nonmotile, Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus that can cause infections of the respiratory system, middle ear, eye, central nervous system, and joints of humans. It causes the infection of the host cell by sticking to the host cell using trimeric autotransporter adhesins.
A feline zoonosisis a viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoan, nematodeor arthropodinfectionthat can be transmitted to humans from the domesticated cat, Felis catus. Some of these diseases are reemerging and newly emerging infections or infestations caused by zoonoticpathogens transmitted by cats. In some instances, the cat can display symptoms of ...
Feline viral rhinotracheitis. Feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR) is an upper respiratory or pulmonary infection of cats caused by Felid alphaherpesvirus 1 (FeHV-1), of the family Herpesviridae. It is also commonly referred to as feline influenza, feline coryza, and feline pneumonia but, as these terms describe other very distinct collections of ...