ENTEROBACTERIACAEA

TSI LIA LOA IMVC UREASE INFECTIONS

E. coli AA w/ gas KK ++- ++-- negative Neonatal meningitis

Sepsis
Nosocomial wound,
bacteremia,
pneumonia
Enterobacter AA w/ gas --++ Negative UTI
Wound infection
* E. gergoviae septicemia
Klebsiella AA w/ gas KK +-- --++ Positive Causes Pneumonia,
pneumoniae wound, meningitis,
UTI, ESBL (+)

Arizona (LLF) AA w/ H2S K/K  Related to

ONPG- (+) Salmonella

Citrobacter (LLF) AA KA nursery outbreak

(citrate +) neonatal meningitis
ONPG- (+) (DIVERSUS)
UTI, pneumonia,
endocarditis, abscess
(FREUNDII)
PMP Proteus- KA RA --- Positive UTI
Phenylalanine w/ H2S * Providencia Renal stone (proteus)
deaminase * Morganella alcalifacien
(PAD) + and Proteus
Lysine mirabilis
Deamination +

Salmonella KA w/ H2S KK typhoid fever,

Aerogenic meningitis,
except S. osteomyelitis,
typhi/gallinaru paratyphoid fever,
m septicemia,
gastroenteritis, food
Motile poisoning 
(gallinarum, Treatment:
pullorum) Chloramphenicol
Shigella KA KA --- intestinal pathogen
acetate (-) (dysentery)- blood
Related to E. coli * S. sonnei with mucus
(ornithine +)
Serratia AA KA +/- GAS KK ++- Nosocomial (UTI,
marcescens Bacteremia,
- Red Pigment Pneumonia)

Edwarsiellatarda KA + gas + H2S LDC + Diarrhea, wound

- similar to KK infection, bacteremia
Salmonella
Lysine
decarboxylase
(+)

Yersinia AA --- Positive Y. pestis-

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bioterrorism agent
* enterocolitica * pestis (stalactite +)
ONPG +
Causes enterocolitis,
appendicitis
(enterocolitica)

Causes Mesenteric
Lymphadenitis,
septicemia
(pseudotuberculosis)

ENTEROBACTER PMP GROUP

Lysine Ornithine Arginine TSI Urease Ornithine

E. aerogenes + + - Morganella K/A + +
E. gergoviae + + - morgani
Hafnia alvei + + - Providencia K/A +/- -
stuartii
E. cloacae - + +
Providencia K/A + -
E. sakazakii - + +
rettgeri
E. Pantoea - - -
Providencia K/A - -
agglomerans
alcalifacien
s
Proteus K/A + +
KLEBSIELLA
mirabilis +
H2S
Lysine V-P and Indole Used for searching
decarboxylase Urease cases of Shigellosis
K. pneumoniae + + - O Mannit Ornithin
K. oxytoca + + + A ol e ONPG
K. ozaenae + - - g
K.rhinoscleromatis - - - S. A - -
dysenteria
e
CITROBACTER S. flexneri B + -
S. boydii C + -
TSI Indole Malonate S. sonnei D + +
C. freundii A/A - + Differential test for Salmonella and Shigella
Cross react H2S Salmonella Shigella
with S. typhi Motility + -
C. koseri/C. A/A + + H2S + -
diversus
LOA +,+,+ -,-,-
Mistaken as
E. coli LIA K/K (LDC+) K/A (LDC-)
C. A/A + - Indole - +
amalonaticus Invasive - +
Blood + -
culture
Urease Lysine Related Citrobacter E. coli
Decarboxylase
Citrobacter + -
Salmonella - + YERSINIA

Y. Y. Y.
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Motil - + +
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Urea - + +
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Ornit - + -
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