Can Psuedomonas aeruginosa kill you

Answer 1

There are many bacteria in the Pseudomonas family. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa is a common one that lives in soil and occasionally causes infections in humans who are in a weakened state, often due to poor health or drugs like steroids which lower their immune response. Usually Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not considered to be highly dangerous. However, even relatively benign bacteria can overgrow and threaten health once they begin to destroy tissue. Pseudomonas aeruginosa can thus become dangerous if its infection is not controlled. When combined with other health factors, it can in some sense be "the straw that broke the camel's back". There are many opportunistic infections out there; most of these are not usually able to beat the immune defenses, but they can when the immune system is depressed or weak.

The good news is pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is often successfully treated with antibiotics and nutritional therapy. The bad news is that some strains have emerged which are resistant to many of the most useful antibiotics, making it necessary to use more powerful drugs that can have side effects.

Sources:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/226748-overview

Corroborative information source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomonas_aeruginosa

Paecilomyces fungus, another type of opportunistic infection that pops up:

http://www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/eid/vol9no9/02-0654.htm

http://www.doctorfungus.org/Thefungi/paecilomyces.htm

Answer 2

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that typically causes infections in individuals with weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions. While it can lead to serious infections, such as pneumonia or sepsis, death is rare in healthy individuals. Treatment with appropriate antibiotics is usually effective in managing infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.