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what are the treatments for enterobacter cloacae
A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Victor Nwanguma answered
20 years experience Infectious Disease
Depends: Treatment will depend on several factors (and varies from no treatment to IV antibiotic therapy).
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Dr. Michael Sparacino answered
37 years experience Family Medicine
ICU bug: These bacteria are seen in the icu. Patients who get these typically have been patients in the ICU for several days and are quite ill.
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Dr. Kathleen Mullane answered
32 years experience Internal Medicine
Site/susceptibility: In any infection, seriousness depends not only on bug but the host. Bug factor: site infection (blood vs skin colonizer ; all in between), virulence ... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered
53 years experience Infectious Disease
Probably no risk: Enterobacter is normal in everybody's intestines. You are not likely to be infected by contact with someone who has an a UTI or other infection caused ... Read More
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Ein answered
48 years experience Infectious Disease
See below: It may indicate that you have a uti. Usually positive urine cultures have greater than 100, 000 cfu/ml but repeated urines with the same organism in ... Read More
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Hirsch answered
32 years experience Infectious Disease
GI bacteria: Enterobacteriaceae are bacteria that generally live in the intestine. They are considered normal flora there and don't necessarily cause disease. They ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Shaym Puppala answered
25 years experience Internal Medicine
Yes: Enterobacter aerogenes is a bacteria that can cause a variety of infections such as urinary tract infections, sepsis, pneumonia, skin/wound infections ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Sparacino answered
37 years experience Family Medicine
Not after treatment: Not after culture/sensitivity guided treatment has been initiated.
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Scholand answered
23 years experience Infectious Disease
Enterobacter: This germ is somewhat related to "E. coli" which you might have heard about. It is found in the GI tract -bowels mostly. When it gets 'out' of the are ... Read More
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Raff answered
56 years experience Infectious Disease
Enterobacter: Chronobacter is the new genus name for this gram-negative bacillus. It can cause a wide variety of infections in adults. In infants it can cause bac ... Read More
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