Diagnostic algorithm of possible bacterial infection

''Pseudomonas'' infection refers to a

disease A disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that a ...

caused by one of the species of the genus '' Pseudomonas''. ''

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is a germ found in the environment it'' is an opportunistic human pathogen most commonly infecting immunocompromised patients, such as those with

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, severe burns,

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, or people who are very young or elderly. Infection can affect many parts of the body, but infections typically target the respiratory tract, the renal system, the gastrointestinal system or it can cause blood infection, the symptoms include bacterial

pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...

, severe coughing, congestion, UTI, pain in the ears and eyes, joint pain, neck or back pain, headache, diarrhea, a rash which can include pimples filled with pus, swelling in the eyes. Complications include

gangrene Gangrene is a type of tissue death caused by a lack of blood supply. Symptoms may include a change in skin color to red or black, numbness, swelling, pain, skin breakdown, and coolness. The feet and hands are most commonly affected. If the ga ...

, necrotizing fasciitis, compartment syndrome,

necrosis Necrosis () is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, or trauma which result in the unregulated dige ...

, and loss of an extremity, Septicemia may lead to septic shock and death. In a surveillance study between 1986 and 1989, P. aeruginosa was the third leading cause of all nosocomial infections, and specifically the number one leading cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia and third leading cause of hospital-acquired UTI. Treatment of such infections can be difficult due to multiple antibiotic resistance, and in the United States, there was an increase in MDRPA (Multidrug-resistant ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa'') resistant to ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, and aminoglycosides, from 0.9% in 1994 to 5.6% in 2002. '' P. oryzihabitans'' can also be a human pathogen, although infections are rare. It can cause peritonitis,

endophthalmitis Endophthalmitis is inflammation of the interior cavity of the eye, usually caused by infection. It is a possible complication of all intraocular surgeries, particularly cataract surgery, and can result in loss of vision or loss of the eye itself ...

sepsis Sepsis, formerly known as septicemia (septicaemia in British English) or blood poisoning, is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. This initial stage is follo ...

and

bacteremia Bloodstream infections (BSIs), which include bacteremias when the infections are bacterial and fungemias when the infections are fungal, are infections present in the blood. Blood is normally a sterile environment, so the detection of microb ...

. Similar symptoms although also very rare can be seen by infections of '' P. luteola''. '' P. plecoglossicida'' is a fish pathogenic species, causing hemorrhagic ascites in the

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(''Plecoglossus altivelis''). '' P. anguilliseptica'' is also a fish pathogen. Due to their hemolytic activity, even non-pathogenic species of ''Pseudomonas'' can occasionally become a problem in clinical settings, where they have been known to infect blood transfusions.

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