Where is Citrobacter Braakii found?
Keeping this in view, how is Citrobacter transmitted?
MODE OF TRANSMISSION: Citrobacter may be spread by direct contact with hospital staff members, mother to child transmission or through ingestion of environmental sources (fecal-oral route) but person-to-person transmission is more prevalent 7, 11.
Also to know, what is a Citrobacter infection?
UTIs are among the most common infections in both outpatients as well as hospitalized patients. The genus Citrobacter is a distinct group of aerobic, Gram-negative bacilli of the Enterobacteriaceae family, widely distributed in water, soil, food, and intestinal tract of man and animals. UTI caused by Citrobacter spp.
koseri has been associated with cases of neonatal meningitis and brain abscess and C. freundii with gastroenteritis, neonatal meningitis, and septicemia. [3] It is known to cause health care associated infections of the urinary tract, respiratory tract, blood, and other normally sterile sites in the body.