Klebsiella pneumoniae: a bacterial species found in soil and water, on grain, and in the intestinal tract of humans and other animals; it also occurs in association with several pathologic conditions, urinary tract infections, sputum, feces, and metritis in mares; capsular types 1, 2, and 3 of this organism may be causative agents in pneumonia; organisms previously identified as nonmotile strains of Aerobacter aerogenes are now placed in this species; it is the type species of Klebsiella. SYN: Friedländer bacillus, pneumobacillus.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Klebsiella pneumoniae: gram negative, non motile, capsulated, gas producing rods found widely in nature and associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans.
Source: CRISP
Klebsiella pneumoniae: Gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature and associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans.
Source: MeSH 2007
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Klebsiella pneumoniae:
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
Source: CRISP
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Klebsiella pneumoniae into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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