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Ewingella americana
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is oxidase negative, fermentative, susceptible to ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, cefepime, ofloxacin, gentamicin, carbenicillin, and amikacin but resistant to cephalothin, penicillin G, and vancomycin. A rare human pathogen, it can be isolated from human blood, stool, urine, wounds, conjunctiva, respiratory tract, and peritoneal dialysate of immunocompromised patients. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Ewingella americana. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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