to severe pneumonia. Culture in each case yielded pure cultures ofK. pneumoniae, for which gentamycin was the drug of choice. Other animals were treated with gentamycin and the disease was rapidly cleared. Based on findings that many normal adult chimpanzees had positive throat and rectal cultures...
Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia also had been reported in cancer patients, especially those with hematologic malignancies [4]. However, bacterial pharyngitis caused by K. pneumoniae is not common. Due to the inflammatory nature of pharyngitis, sore throat and pharyngeal erythema are common presentations...
Since multiple drug resistance is often problematic, therapy should be based on culture and susceptibility of individual isolates. A whole-cell bacterin vaccine was used beneficially in a colony experiencing significant mortality due to K. pneumoniae in marmosets, cebus, and squirrel monkeys (Ludlage...
Klebsiella pneumoniaeAbstract: A clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae sensu lato isolated from throat and a blood culture taken from a neutropenic patient treated for 2 weeks with ceftazidime and vancomycin was resistant to ceftazidime (MIC: 32 μg/ml) and moderately susceptible to aztreonam (...
The type species is Klebsiella pneumoniae (Schroeter, 1886; Trevisan, 1887). The first Klebsiella species ever described was a capsulated bacillus from patients with rhinoscleroma (Von Frisch, 1882). The organism was named “Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis” by Trevisan (1887). Abel (1893) observed ...
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, encapsulated, rod-shaped bacillus present within the nasopharynx and gastrointestinal tract of humans and nonhuman primates. From:Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research (Second Edition), Volume 2,2012 ...
The genusKlebsiella, in the family Enterobacteriaceae, was named byTrevisan (1885)to honor the German microbiologist Edwin Klebs (1834–1913). The type species isKlebsiella pneumoniae(Schroeter, 1886; Trevisan, 1887). The firstKlebsiellaspecies ever described was a capsulated bacillus from patients wit...
pneumoniae (Fig. 5), which were sensitive to piperacillin/tazobactam, amikacin, imipenem and meropenem. Following culture report, the patient was subjected to targeted antibiotic therapy and on significant clinical improvement, was discharged on oral antibiotics. On subsequent post-operative follow-up, ...
pneumonia caused byK. pneumoniaecannot be distinguished on clinical grounds from that caused by other organisms, and many of the described features are likely the result of misdiagnosis, inferred by culture of expectorated sputum, of anaerobic pulmonary infections.307K. pneumoniaehas emerged as a lead...
Recently, concerns have been raised globally about antimicrobial resistance, the prevalence of which has increased significantly. Carbapenem-resistantKlebsiella pneumoniae(KPC) is considered one of the most common resistant bacteria, which has spread to ICUs in Saudi Arabia. This study was established to...