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Removed the 'aviation fuels' category - p. aeruginosa can grow in jet fuel but it's misleading to suggest it's a fuel itself. Molly Doonesbury 21:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Prevention 2 Not necessarily by injection 3 Possible copyright violation 4 medicine 5 Small error? 6 Relevant?

[edit] Prevention

I inserted a section on prevention; I am no expert on pseudomonas and I hope that someone with more knowledge can add more useful information. Although I'm no advocate of probiotics in general, this was the only thing that I could find. The 2004 CDC Guideline for the prevention of ventilator-acquired pneumonia addresses how to clean the equipment to prevent Legionella, but doesn't specifically mention how to disinfect for pseudomonas. Pseudomonas is listed on the Medicare "Never" list, as if it was common knowledge how to prevent this infection; PLEASE insert some relevant information if you have it.....I can't find much.doctorwolfie (talk) 12:39, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not necessarily by injection

The article says that every antibiotic used against P. aeruginosa must be administered by injection. This is not always the case: my mother had a P. aeruginosa infection under her fingernails, which was cured first by removing her fingernails, then applying antibiotics topically on her nail beds. Devil Master 18:25, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. Article edited to reflect this information.--Gak 10:16, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible copyright violation

I believe there is a possible copyright violation in the paragraph preceding reference 11, as it is talking about our studies, if nothing else it implies OR. If it isn't changed soon, I'll list it as a possible copyright violation. Terri G 10:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure looks like a basic cut-and-paste to me.... I've pulled it from the article. If you're game, I'll take a stab at a much shorter synopsis - one-to-two sentences, no direct quotes. Thoughts? -- MarcoTolo 21:23, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

(Follow-up). The offending edit was added by a user (Basicdesign) who appears to be inactive now - last edit was 8 November 2006. I've dropped them a note anyway in case they reappear. -- MarcoTolo 21:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Oops, copied wrong file - P. aeruginosa. Please see my note at User talk:Terri G. Thanks. Basicdesign (talk) 16:59, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] medicine

what kind of medicine need to the Pseudomonas aeruginosa???

[edit] Small error?

I didn't change anything, but I believe where it says "Definitive clinical identification of P. aeruginosa often includes identifying the production of both pyocyanin and fluorescein as well as its ability to grow at 42°C", that "and fluorescein" should be removed. Fluorescein is common to many types of Pseudomonas, not just aeruginosa. I also found that in Sherris Medical Micro, it says P. aeruginosa is clinically defined as making pyocyanin and growing at 42 degrees (no mention of fluorescein being clinically useful). BruceD270 02:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

there appears to be a missing verb in the second sentence of the paragraph on pathogenesis. 'p. aeruginosa uses the virulence factor exotoxin A to (?) adp ribosylate eukaryotic------. To what? produce? inhibit? antagonize? oxidize? methylate? lyse? unfortunately, i'm neither a microbiologist nor a biochemist, so somebody else has to fill in the blank.Toyokuni3 (talk) 14:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

No missing. "ADP-ribosylate" is the verb, or you may understand as "to inhibit eukaryotic elongation factor 2 by ADP-ribosylation." --Y tambe (talk) 22:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

got it. i should have realized as soon as i typed 'methylate' that 'ribosylate' was a verb here. domo arigato gozaimasu.Toyokuni3 (talk) 00:48, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Relevant?

in the resistance section, what is meant by 'p. aeruginosa is a highly relevant opportunistic pathogen'.relevant? just asking.Toyokuni3 (talk) 15:31, 25 May 2008 (UTC)