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The Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, previously explained that the infants had developed an infection caused by the pseudomonas bacterium.
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Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 9 Nov. 2019
If your plum tree is bleeding sap, it may be affected by canker, or by other forms of fungal or bacterial diseases, like pseudomonas.
—oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2019
Along with legionella bacteria, which can cause Legionnaires’ disease, the routine testing of the water system revealed pseudomonas bacteria, which can lead to severe infections in people with weakened immune systems.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
The hospital discovered the infection, caused by the pseudomonas bacteria, in July, according to Van Stone, and the deaths happened in the past two months.
—Theresa Waldrop and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN, 7 Oct. 2019
The cases of pseudomonas infection were contained in the NICU and have not been reported in other parts of the hospital.
—CBS News, 7 Oct. 2019
Lab tested to kill 99.99 percent of illness-causing bacteria such as staphylococcus, salmonella, pseudomonas, and MRSA.
—Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
Streptococcus A is the bacteria that causes most cases of nectrotizing fasciitis, but Shamoon noted that other types of bacteria, including staph, clostridium, E.coli, and pseudomonas, also can lead to the infection.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2019
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Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 9 Nov. 2019
If your plum tree is bleeding sap, it may be affected by canker, or by other forms of fungal or bacterial diseases, like pseudomonas.
—oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2019
Along with legionella bacteria, which can cause Legionnaires’ disease, the routine testing of the water system revealed pseudomonas bacteria, which can lead to severe infections in people with weakened immune systems.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
The hospital discovered the infection, caused by the pseudomonas bacteria, in July, according to Van Stone, and the deaths happened in the past two months.
—Theresa Waldrop and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN, 7 Oct. 2019
The cases of pseudomonas infection were contained in the NICU and have not been reported in other parts of the hospital.
—CBS News, 7 Oct. 2019
Lab tested to kill 99.99 percent of illness-causing bacteria such as staphylococcus, salmonella, pseudomonas, and MRSA.
—Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
Streptococcus A is the bacteria that causes most cases of nectrotizing fasciitis, but Shamoon noted that other types of bacteria, including staph, clostridium, E.coli, and pseudomonas, also can lead to the infection.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2019
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“Pseudomonas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudomonas. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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pseudomonas
noun
pseu·do·mo·nas
ˌsüd-ə-ˈmō-nəs 
sü-ˈdäm-ə-nəs
sü-ˈdäm-ə-nəs
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capitalized
: a genus (the type of the family Pseudomonadaceae) comprising short rod-shaped motile gram-negative bacteria including some saprophytes, a few animal pathogens, and numerous important plant pathogens see burkholderia
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