The findings were published in npj Biofilms and Microbes. Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic bacterium that infects patients in hospitals, causing conditions such as pneumonia, urinary ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a method to dismantle protective biofilms produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium known for causing infections like ...

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Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms ... infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while sparing healthy microbes ...

More information: Chuhan Zhang et al, Function and mechanism of miRNAs during the process of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection, Biomolecules and Biomedicine (2025). DOI: 10.17305/bb.2025.11421 ...

More than a decade ago, physicians around the world began reporting cases due to a new hypervirulent strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, which could infect and severely sicken otherwise healthy people.

Beginning in October 2022, hospital staff said it detected an increase in cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria at its downtown campus. So far there have been 31 confirmed infections ...

If your immune system is weak because of another illness, you are at higher risk of infection with klebsiella pneumoniae. (Photo credit: ROGER HARRIS/Science Source) These germs don’t spread ...