Standard Precautions
Non-fermenting gram negative bacilli, of the Enterobacteriaceae/Enterobacterales family.
GI flora, may also cause nosocomial infections.
Most commonly UTI, but also intra-abdominal, wound, bacteremia, prosthetic device-associated infections.
Association with struvite stones and persistence within stones accounts for recurrent infection.
Proteus vulgaris species is more resistant to antimicrobials than Proteus mirabilis.