Pathogens
Proteus mirabilis

Proteus mirabilis

Precautions

Standard Precautions

General Information

Non-fermenting gram negative bacilli, of the Enterobacteriaceae/Enterobacterales family.

GI flora, may also cause nosocomial infections.

Most commonly UTI, but also intra-abdominal, wound, bacteremia, prosthetic device-associated infections.

Association with struvite stones and persistence within stones accounts for recurrent infection.

Proteus vulgaris species is more resistant to antimicrobials than Proteus mirabilis.