Others

Enterobacter

• Motile, Lac+
• Rarely cause disease
• Colonisation common in hospitalised patients
• May infect wounds, burns, respiratory tract, urinary tract

Klebsiella

• Large non-motile
• Encapsulated
• Lac+

K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca can cause

• Necrotising lobar pneumonia (in alcoholic, diabetic, COPD pt)
• UTI, bacteremia in hospitalised pt

Serratia

• Motile

S. marcescens cause

• Lower respiratory tract infection
• Urinary tract infection

Proteus, Providencia, Morganella

• Urinary tract, wound infections, pneumonias, sepsis

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