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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Leclercia adecarboxylata''}}

* [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]] within the family [[Family::Enterobacteriaceae]]
* Motile, indole-[[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]]

[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]