What is Proteus pneumonia?

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The incidence rate of Proteus infection is mainly due to Proteus vulgaris and Proteus mirabilis. It can cause urinary tract infection and abdominal incision infection, and cause pneumonia. Community infection is rare. Let's share my experience.

What is Proteus pneumonia?

Denatured bacilli are Enterobacteriaceae, gram negative. Proteus vulgaris and Proteus mirabilis are mainly associated with human infection. Proteus has obvious pleomorphism, can be spherical or filamentous, periflagellum. It grows well on the common medium and has migration growth phenomenon as its important identification characteristic. The culture has a special odor. Hemolysis was observed in blood agar medium. Proteus can be found in the hands and instruments of workers in soil, sewage and intestines, which is a common mode of transmission.

Proteus pneumonia mainly occurs in old men with chronic lung disease, drunkenness, renal failure and diabetes. Other predisposing factors include antibiotics, glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants, mechanical ventilation and ICU stay. The common symptoms are cough, sticky yellow phlegm, chills, fever, chest pain and dyspnea. Some patients may have nervous system symptoms, such as delirium and limb tremor, but they are rare. Sometimes only mild to moderate symptoms of systemic poisoning, such as anorexia, fatigue, drowsiness, irritability and so on.

The clinical and chest X-ray findings of Proteus pneumonia are similar to those of most intestinal bacterial pneumonia (such as pneumonia, Escherichia coli, etc.), and the differential diagnosis mainly depends on the examination of pathogens in sputum or other bronchial secretion.

matters needing attention

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