Pseudomonas morphology :
- Pseudomonas is slender gram negative
- Motile
- Non capsulated
- Non sporting
- Obligated aerobes
- 1.5-3 micrometre X 0.5 micrometres
Pigment production :
- Pyocyanin :
- Bluish green pigment soluble in water chloroform
- Pyoverdin :
- Greenish yellow pigment soluble in water but not in chloroform
Epidemiology :
- Community acquired :
- Suppurative otis res. Tract infection in cystic fibrosis
- Healthcare acquired :
- Infection of wound, bed sores, eye and UT infection
Pathogenicity :
Toxic extracellular products :
Slime layer as capsule, ability to form “Biofilms” promote infection
Biochemical Reaction :
- Catalase positive
- Oxidase negative
- Sugar fermentative
- Glucose
- No gas only acid
- Nitrates to nitrites
- Arginine hydrolase positive
Laboratory Diagnosis :
- Grows readily on oridarinary media
- Easy identification of pigmented strain of bacilli from clinical specimen
- Prompt oxidase reaction and arginine hydrolysis – identification
- Cetrimide agar – selective media – for isolate from faeces and other samples
- Repeated isolation + clinical correction = confirm diagnosis