Species associated with infection - C. avenae, C. terrigena, C. testosteroni
Reported infections - bacteraemia, conjunctivitis
Reported susceptibilities and treatments - ureidopenicillins, ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, imipenem, aminoglycosides
Notes - C. terrigena and C. testosteroni were previously members of Pseudomonas - Comamonas acidovorans has been reclassified at Delftia acidovorans
References - Atkinson, B.E., Smith, D.L., Lockwood, W.R. (1975). Pseudomonas testosteroni septicemia. Ann. intern. Med. 83, 369-370. - Tamaoka, J., Ha, D.-M., Komagata, K. (1987). Reclassification of Pseudomonas acidovorans den Dooren de Jong 1926 and Pseudomonas testosteroni Marcus and Talalay 1956 as Comamonas acidovorans comb. nov. and Comamonas testosteroni comb. nov., with an emended description of the genus Comamonas. Int. J. syst. Bacteriol. 37, 52-59.
