A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS

Enterobacter

Species associated with infection - E. aerogenes, E. amnigenus, E. asburiae, E. cancerogenus, E. cloacae, E. gergoviae, E. hormaechei, E. kobei, E. sakazakii

Associated infections - bacteraemia, respiratory tract infections, UTI - associated with nosocomial infection

Reported susceptibilities and therapies - carbapenems, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, ureidopenicillins - may be multiresistant

Note - for Enterobacter agglomerans see Pantoea agglomerans

Reference - Sanders, W.E. Jr., Sanders, C.C. (1997). Enterobacter spp.: pathogens poised to flourish at the turn of the century. Clin. microbiol. Rev. 10, 220-241.