Pseudomonas aeruginosa has many virulence factors, and can live in almost every moist environment using a wide variety of carbon sources, but it rarely causes disease. P. aeruginosa is considered a rare opportunist, due part that it cannot penetrate the skin. It can become life threatening to patients in hospitals, particularly burn victims. “In hospitals, where the most serious infections occur, Pseudomonas can be spread on the hands of healthcare workers or by equipment that gets contaminated and is not properly cleaned.” (CDC 2014) The surface of a burn area provides the ideally environment for P. aeruginosa to quickly colonize and multiply. As burns heal, it develops a thick, scrablike crust. This crust acts as shield for the infection,
