TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - INFECTIONS DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES AND RELATED ORGANISMS A1 - Ramphal, Reuben A2 - Kasper, Dennis L. A2 - Fauci, Anthony S. PY - 2017 T2 - Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e AB - The pseudomonads are a heterogeneous group of gram-negative bacteria that have in common an inability to ferment lactose. Formerly classified in the genus Pseudomonas, the members of this group have been assigned to three medically important genera—Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Stenotrophomonas—whose biologic behaviors encompass both similarities and marked differences and whose genetic repertoires differ in many respects. The pathogenicity of most pseudomonads is based on opportunism; the exceptions are the organisms that cause melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) and glanders (Burkholderia mallei), which can be considered as primary pathogens. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141408673 ER -