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Enterobacter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Patricia A. Ristuccia and
Burke A. Cunha
Patricia A. Ristuccia
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Nassau Hospital, Mineola, New York
Burke A. Cunha*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, Nassau Hospital, Mineola, New York
*
Infectious Disease Division, Nassau Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501
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The genus Enterobacter belongs to the tribe Klebsielleae found in the family Enterobacteriaceae. Members of this genus had previously been referred to as Aerobacter. The clinical importance of this genus as a separate entity was not fully appreciated until the 1960s. Until that time, the differentiation of Enterobacter from Klebsiella was not routinely performed, which resulted in many infections reported as being caused by the Klebsiella-Aerobacter group. Added confusion occurred at this time with the taxonomy change of Aerobacter to Enterobacter.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , March 1985, pp. 124 - 128
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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