Enterobacter (redirected from Enterobacter gergoviae)

Enterobacter /En·tero·bac·ter/ (en´ter-o-bak″ter) a genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, widely distributed in nature and occurring in the intestinal tract of humans and animals. Species including E. aero´genes, E. agglo´merans, E. cloa´cae, and E. gergo´viae, are frequently the cause of nosocomial infection, arising from contaminated medical devices and personnel.

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Enterobacter [en″ter-o-bak´ter]

a genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacteria. Organisms are widely distributed in nature and occur in the intestinal tracts of humans and animals. They are frequently a cause of nosocomial infections.

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Enterobacter

a genus of straight gram-negative rods, lactose-fermenting bacteria of the tribe Klebsielleae of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Found chiefly in the environment in water and soil but are common invaders of tissues in contaminated wounds of animals and in opportunistic infections such as cystitis and pyelonephritis in cattle. E. aerogenes (syn. Klebsiella mobilis) is occasionally a cause of bovine mastitis, uterine infections in mares and the mastitis-metritis-agalactia syndrome in sows.

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Enterobacter cloacae

occasionally isolated from dogs and cats with septicemia.