Difference between revisions of "Klebsiella"
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===Overview=== | ===Overview=== | ||
| − | *Found | + | *Found in the soil and environment |
*Found in the gut | *Found in the gut | ||
*Usually opportunistic pathogens | *Usually opportunistic pathogens | ||
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*Possess large capsules causing colonies to be large and mucoid | *Possess large capsules causing colonies to be large and mucoid | ||
*Certain capsule types associated with metritis in mares | *Certain capsule types associated with metritis in mares | ||
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*Septicaemia and pneumonia in dogs | *Septicaemia and pneumonia in dogs | ||
*Wound infections | *Wound infections | ||
| − | *In [[Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis | + | *In [[Bones - inflammatory#Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]] |
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Revision as of 11:55, 9 February 2008
Overview
- Found in the soil and environment
- 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
- Wide spectrum of 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