Klebsiella pneumoniae | bacterium | Britannica (original) (raw)

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  In klebsiella
  Klebsiella pneumoniae, also called Friedländer’s bacillus, was first described in 1882 by German microbiologist and pathologist Carl Friedländer. K. pneumoniae is best known as a pathogen of the human respiratory system that causes pneumonia. The disease is usually seen only in patients with underlying medical…
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  In pneumonia: Bacterial pneumonia
  Another bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, although it has little ability to infect the lungs of healthy persons, produces a highly lethal pneumonia that occurs almost exclusively in hospitalized patients with impaired immunity. Other bacterial pneumonias include Legionnaire disease, caused by Legionella pneumophila; pneumonia secondary to other illnesses caused…
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  In respiratory disease: Pneumonia
  Pneumonia due to infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae may be difficult to treat and characteristically may occur as a repetitive series of episodes of pneumonia, each running a rather long course with slow resolution.
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