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Plesiomonas
Medical Definition: | A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs in fish and other aquatic animals and in a variety of mammals, including man. Its organisms probably do not belong to the normal intestinal flora of man and can cause diarrhea. |
Guide Notes: | infection: coord IM with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (IM) |
Also Called: | Plesiomonas shigelloides |
Previously Indexed: | Vibrionaceae (1978-1991) |
Plesiomonas Medical Definitions and Terms
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