Citrobacter freundii

Background

Microbiology

• Member of the Citrobacter genus
• Intrinsically resistant to ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ampicillin-sulbactam, and first- and second-generation cephalosporins

Management

• Often susceptible to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin, less susceptible to moxifloxacin