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Descriptor English: Proteus
Descriptor Spanish: Proteus
Descriptor Proteus
Scope note: Género de bacterias gramnegativas, facultativamente anaerobias, con forma bacilar, que se encuentran en los intestinos de humanos y en una gran variedad de animales, así como en el estiércol, el suelo y las aguas contaminadas. Sus especies son patógenas, producen infecciones del tracto urinario y se consideran también invasores oportunistas, que producen lesiones sépticas en otras zonas del organismo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Proteus
Descriptor French: Proteus
Tree number(s): B03.440.450.425.600
B03.660.250.150.590
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011511
Scope note: 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
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 11951
Unique ID: D011511
NLM Classification: QW 138.5.P7
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/20
Proteus - Preferred
Concept UI M0017899
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Proteus



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