Enterobacter cloacae urinary tract infection

An *Enterobacter cloacae* urinary tract infection is a bacterial infection of the urinary system—encompassing the bladder, kidneys, or collecting system—caused by the opportunistic, Gram-negative bacillus *Enterobacter cloacae* (often characterized within the *Enterobacter cloacae* complex) Primarily manifesting as a healthcare-associated or catheter-associated infection, it predominantly affects hospitalized, immunocompromised, or elderly patients, as well as individuals with indwelling urinary...

An *Enterobacter cloacae* urinary tract infection is a bacterial infection of the urinary system—encompassing the bladder, kidneys, or collecting system—caused by the opportunistic, Gram-negative bacillus *Enterobacter cloacae* (often characterized within the *Enterobacter cloacae* complex) Clinically, it presents with dysuria, urgency, frequency, suprapubic pain, or flank pain and fever in upper tract disease, with a potential risk of progressing to urosepsis

Primarily manifesting as a healthcare-associated or catheter-associated infection, it predominantly affects hospitalized, immunocompromised, or elderly patients, as well as individuals with indwelling urinary catheters, structural urologic abnormalities, or recent instrumentation Pathophysiologically, virulence is driven by retrograde mucosal ascent, robust biofilm formation on foreign devices, and inducible chromosomal AmpC beta-lactamase expression, which frequently confers intrinsic resistanc...

Primarily manifesting as a healthcare-associated or catheter-associated infection, it predominantly affects hospitalized, immunocompromised, or elderly patients, as well as individuals with indwelling urinary catheters, structural urologic abnormalities, or recent instrumentation Pathophysiologically, virulence is driven by retrograde mucosal ascent, robust biofilm formation on foreign devices, and inducible chromosomal AmpC beta-lactamase expression, which frequently confers intrinsic resistanc...