(1) Other common organisms are proteus , klebbsiela, staphylococcus and enterococcus fecalis.(2) Luckily for us, although they have some fussy tastes, many of the bacteria they like to eat are major pathogens, so they eat proteus and proteus is a bacterium that causes a lot of urinary tract infections.(3) If a proteus or another organism that can split urea is isolated from the urine the chance of underlying stone disease is considerably higher.
