Klebsiella Definition

klĕbzē-ĕlə
noun
A nonmotile, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Klebsiella, such as K. pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infections usually in patients with diminished immunity, such as diabetics and alcoholics.
American Heritage Medicine
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae — certain Gram-negative oxidase-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, some of which cause disease in humans.

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Other Word Forms of Klebsiella

Noun

Singular:
klebsiella
Plural:
klebsiellas

Origin of Klebsiella

  • New Latin genus name after Edwin Klebs (1834–1913), German-American pathologist born in Königsberg (Kaliningrad)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Klebs (“a surname”) +‎ -ella, after German microbiologist Edwin Klebs.

    From Wiktionary

Klebsiella Sentence Examples

  • The disease has been linked to a variety of disease agents, including parvovirus B19, HIV infection, measles, influenza viruses, rotaviruses, adenoviruses, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

  • Other examples of enterobacteria are species of Salmonella, Shigella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia, Proteus, and Yersinia.

  • Klebsiella and Proteus sometimes cause urinary tract infections; pneumonia occurs generally in immunocompromised hosts or alcoholics, and ear and sinus infections in immunocompromised hosts.

  • Enterobacteriaceae that have been identified in infants with NEC include Salmonella, E. coli, Klebsiella, and Enterobacter.

  • Other bacteria that can cause otitis externa include Enterobacter aerogenes, Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and bacteria of the family called Streptococci.

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