Alcaligenes

Alcaligenes /Al·ca·lig·e·nes/ (al″kah-lij´ĕ-nēz) a genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria of uncertain affiliation, found in the intestines of vertebrates and as part of the normal skin flora, and occasionally the cause of opportunistic infections. A. faeca´lis causes nosocomial septicemia, arising from contaminated hemodialysis or intravenous fluid, in immunocompromised patients.

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Alcaligenes,

an environmental gram-negative bacillus that can be found in the GI tract of humans and that can cause nosocomial infections in the compromised host.

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albuterol,

n brand names: Proventil, Proventil Repetabs, Nova-Salmol, Ventodisk, Ventolin, Ventolin Rotacaps;
drug class: adrenergic β₂-agonist;
action: causes bronchodilation;
uses: prevents exercise-induced asthma, bronchospasm.

Alcaligenes

n.pl (literally, “alkali-generating”) aerobic, gram-negative eubacteria, commonly found in invertebrate intestinal tracts and normally occurring on the skin.

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Alcaligenes

a genus of saprophytic obligately aerobic bacilli occasionally found in the intestines of vertebrates or in dairy products and sometimes in nosocomial infections. A. fecalis is now called Bordetella avium.