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<big><center>[[Enterobacteriaceae|'''BACK TO ENTEROBACTERIACEAE''']]</center></big>
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<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
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===Overview===
 
  
*Found free-living in the soil and environment
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* In [[Bones - inflammatory#Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]]
*Found in the gut
 
*Usually opportunistic pathogens
 
 
 
===Characteristics===
 
 
 
*Lactose fermentors
 
*Possess large capsules causing colonies to be large and mucoid
 
*Certain capsule types associated with metritis in mares
 
*Antibiotic resistance
 
 
 
===Clinical infections===
 
 
 
*''Klebsiella pneumoniae'' isolated in most cases of ''Klebsiella'' infection
 
*Coliform mastitis in cows
 
*Associated with wood products used for bedding for cattle - implicated as cause of mastitis
 
*Endometritis, cervitis and mastitis in mares, causing infertility and abortion
 
*Pneumonia in calves and foals
 
*Urinary tract infections in dogs
 
*Septicaemia and pneumonia in dogs
 
*Wound infections
 
*In [[Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]]
 
 
 
NEVER a pathogen in the gut.
 
[[Category:Enterobacteriaceae]]
 
[[Category:To_Do_-_Bacteria]]
 

Revision as of 12:34, 2 October 2007