Proteus [Proteus]
A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs in the intestines of humans and a wide variety of animals, as well as in manure, soil, and polluted waters. Its species are pathogenic, causing urinary tract infections and are also considered secondary invaders, causing septic lesions at other sites of the body.
- Annotation
- general or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection equals PROTEUS INFECTIONS
- DUI
- D011511 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0017899
Allowable subheadings
- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification 4
- CY
- cytology 1
- DE
- drug effects 14
- EN
- enzymology 1
- GE
- genetics 2
- GD
- growth & development 8
- IM
- immunology 5
- IP
- isolation & purification 13
- ME
- metabolism 5
- PY
- pathogenicity 14
- PH
- physiology
- RE
- radiation effects 1
- UL
- ultrastructure
- VI
- virology 1
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