Leclercia adecarboxylata

• Gram-negative bacillus within the family Enterobacteriaceae
• Motile, indole-positive
• Previously identified as Escherichia adecarboxylata
• Environmental organism, in water, food, and other environmental sources, and possibly a member of the intestinal flora
• May be an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients, but can also infect immunocompetent patients (typically in polymicrobial infections)
• In humans, can cause bacteremia, wound infections (particularly after water exposure), pneumonia
• Fairly susceptible gram-negative, like Escherichia coli