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Details - Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

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16876

Description:

This illustration depicts a three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of four multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron micrographic imagery. Note the presence of numbers of thin, diaphanous fimbriae emanating from the organisms’ cell wall, as well as a single, corkscrew-shaped flagellum, which provides for the bacteria’s unipolar mode of motility.P. aeruginosa is a common cause of healthcare-associated infections including pneumonia, bloodstream infections, urinary tract infections, and surgical site infections. Some strains of P. aeruginosa have been found to be resistant to nearly all or all antibiotics including aminoglycosides, cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, and carbapenems. Approximately 8% of all healthcare-associated infections reported to CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network are caused by P. aeruginosa. About 13% of severe healthcare-associated infections caused by P. aeruginosa are multidrug resistant, meaning several classes of antibiotics no longer cure these infections.

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Content Providers(s):	CDC/ Melissa Brower
Creation Date:	2013
Photo Credit:
Links:	CDC – CDC News Room; Digital Press Kit: i>”Untreatable: Today’s Drug-Resistant Health Threats” CDC - National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID); Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP); Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs): Pseudomonas infections
Categories:	CDC Organization MeSH Chemicals and Drugs Carbohydrates and Hypoglycemic Agents Carbohydrates Glycosides Aminoglycosides Heterocyclic Compounds Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring Quinolines Quinolones Fluoroquinolones Organic Chemicals Amides Lactams Carbapenems Cephalosporins Organisms Bacteria Gram-Negative Bacteria Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas Pseudomonas aeruginosa Proteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Copyright Restrictions:	None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.

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