Klebsiella pneumoniae facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Klebsiella pneumoniae |
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| K. pneumoniae on a MacConkey agar plate. | |
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Klebsiella
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K. pneumoniae
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| Klebsiella pneumoniae (Schroeter 1886)
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is a bacterium in the genus Klebsiella. It is a major cause of pneumonia, found in the normal flora of the mouth, skin, and intestines. Like other Proteobacteria, it is gram negative.
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Streptomycin(Aminoglycoside)
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Multidrug-resistant KP
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Growth of Klebsiella pneumoniae CRE from positive blood culture on MacConkey agar in Tuscany, where an outbreak was reported starting in November 2018 of strains producing NDM carbapenemase
See also
In Spanish: Klebsiella pneumoniae para niños
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