Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
a genus of gram-negative, strictly aerobic bacteria, some species of which are pathogenic for plants and vertebrates.
A normal soil inhabitant and human saprophyte that may contaminate various solutions in a hospital, causing opportunistic infection in weakened Pts Clinical Infective endocarditis in IVDAs, RTIs, UTIs, bacteremia, meningitis, 'malignant' external otitis Treatment Aminoglycosides–eg, gentamicin, amikacin, tobramycin