in Last Decade
Clinically Important Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli Include:
Aerobic nonfermenters: 10-15%
of clinical isolatesPseudomonas aeruginosa; Burkholderia cepacia; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; Acinetobacter baumannii; Moraxella catarrhalis: Account for >75% of all clinical isolates of aerobic nonfermenters
Facultative anaerobes and microaerophiles: 70-80% of clinical isolates
Haemophilus & related organisms: 10-15% of clinical isolates
Unusual bacilli: <1% of clinical isolates
Pseudomonads Classified into Five rRNA Groups
General Overview