TY - JOUR
T1 - Enterobacter taylorae, a new opportunistic pathogen
T2 - Report of four cases
AU - Rubinstien, E. M.
AU - Klevjer-Anderson, P.
AU - Smith, C. A.
AU - Drouin, M. T.
AU - Patterson, J. E.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Severe nosocomial infections due to Enterobacter taylorae (formerly known as CDC Enteric Group 19) are described in four patients. Unlike most members of the Enterobacter genus, the isolates were not susceptible to penicillins or cephalosporins. Restriction endonuclease analysis of E. taylorae DNA obtained from three patients identified two distinct strains. One strain was found in two patients, suggesting a common source which we were not able to identify. We postulate that in patients harboring E. taylorae, the combination of cephalosporin therapy and instrumentation enables this organism to become an opportunistic pathogen.
AB - Severe nosocomial infections due to Enterobacter taylorae (formerly known as CDC Enteric Group 19) are described in four patients. Unlike most members of the Enterobacter genus, the isolates were not susceptible to penicillins or cephalosporins. Restriction endonuclease analysis of E. taylorae DNA obtained from three patients identified two distinct strains. One strain was found in two patients, suggesting a common source which we were not able to identify. We postulate that in patients harboring E. taylorae, the combination of cephalosporin therapy and instrumentation enables this organism to become an opportunistic pathogen.
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U2 - 10.1128/jcm.31.2.249-254.1993
DO - 10.1128/jcm.31.2.249-254.1993
M3 - Article
C2 - 8381808
AN - SCOPUS:0027498476
VL - 31
SP - 249
EP - 254
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
SN - 0095-1137
IS - 2
ER -