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Klebsiella
Medical Definition: | A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms arrange singly, in pairs, or short chains. This genus is commonly found in the intestinal tract and is an opportunistic pathogen that can give rise to bacteremia, pneumonia, urinary tract and several other types of human infection. |
Guide Notes: | KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES AND KLEBSIELLA MOBILIS see ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES are also available |
Klebsiella oxytoca - A species of gram-negative bacteria causing URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS and SEPTICEMIA. | |
Klebsiella pneumoniae - Gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature and associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans. |
Klebsiella Medical Definitions and Terms
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