DISEASE: Enterobacter infection

Entry

H00300                      Disease

Name

Enterobacter infection

Description

Enterobacter infections are commonly found in nosocomial settings and Enterobacter spp. have been recognized as increasingly important pathogens. They are intrinsically resistant to aminopenicillins, cefazolin, and cefoxitin because they produce constitutive chromosome AmpC beta-lactamase. Enterobacter spp. are recovered from the respiratory tract, surgical wounds, urinary tract, and blood and are implicated in a broad range of clinical syndromes.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
  Infections caused by enterobacteria
   H00300  Enterobacter infection
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
   Bacterial foodborne intoxications
    1A1Y  Other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications
     H00300  Enterobacter infection

Pathogen

Enterobacter cloacae [GN:enc eec ecls]
Enterobacter hormaechei [GN:eclx ecly eclz ecla eclc]
Cronobacter sakazakii [GN:esa csk csj]
Cronobacter turicensis [GN:ctu]
Enterobacter agglomerans

Comment

Approximately 31% of Enterobacter spp. infections in intensive care units in the United States involve strains not susceptible to third-generation cephalosporins.

Other DBs

ICD-11:

1A1Y

ICD-10:

A04.8

Reference

PMID:9105752

Authors

Sanders WE Jr, Sanders CC

Title

Enterobacter spp.: pathogens poised to flourish at the turn of the century.

Journal

Clin Microbiol Rev 10:220-41 (1997)
DOI:10.1128/CMR.10.2.220-241.1997

Reference

PMID:16813978

Authors

Paterson DL

Title

Resistance in gram-negative bacteria: Enterobacteriaceae.

Journal

Am J Infect Control 34:S20-8; discussion S64-73 (2006)
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2006.05.238

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