Opportunistic Pathogens of Plants, Animals, and Humans

Nonfermenters may withstand treatment with chlorhexidine and quaternary ammonium compounds.Aerobic nonfermenters: 10-15% of clinical isolates

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Burkholderia cepacia; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; Acinetobacter baumannii; Moraxella catarrhalis: Account

for 75% of all clinical isolates of aerobic nonfermenters
Simply summarizeNonfermentative gram-negative bacilli have been classified into at least 15 families, and tend to be resistant to several Antimicrobial agents

Clinically Important Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli Include:

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