Taber's Medical Dictionary
Enterobacter
(ent″ĕ-rō-bak′tĕr )
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.A genus of gram-negative bacilli of the family Enterobacteriaceae that occurs in water, soil, and in the intestines of humans and animals. Species of enterobacter are an important cause of opportunistic infections and hospital-acquired infections, many of which may be resistant to multiple antibiotics.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Enterobacter." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762867/all/Enterobacter_agglomerans.
Enterobacter. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762867/all/Enterobacter_agglomerans. Accessed April 16, 2026.
Enterobacter. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762867/all/Enterobacter_agglomerans
Enterobacter [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 16]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762867/all/Enterobacter_agglomerans.
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