Difference between revisions of "Klebsiella"

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+<big><center>[[Enterobacteriaceae|'''BACK TO ENTEROBACTERIACEAE''']]</center></big>
+<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
-===Overview===
+<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
-*Found free-living 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
-*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]]