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 ...

Bloodstream infections (bacteremia and sepsis) from klebsiella can cause fever, chills, fatigue, light-headedness, and altered mental states. K. pneumoniae infections are typically "nosocomial ...

The infected patients, who contracted Klebsiella, were hospitalized in various departments, including inpatient medical beds, an ICU, and an operating room at Virginia Mason Medical Center ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a contagious bacteria that can cause infections such as pneumonia and sepsis. Related symptoms can include fever and a productive cough. Infections produced by Klebsiella ...

Beginning in October 2022, hospital staff at Virginia Mason Medical Center said it detected an increase in cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria at its downtown campus. Since then ...

Klebsiella oxytoca (KO) is a type of bacteria. A person has several naturally occurring Klebsiella bacteria in their intestinal tract, mouth, and nose. KO can cause various infections, such as ...

Move over MRSA, there's a new life-threatening drug-resistant bacteria in town. Cases of bloodstream infections with Klebsiella pneumoniae that are resistant to standard treatment jumped by almost 50 ...

Research at UMC Utrecht has identified 29 novel antibodies against the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae, an important cause of drug-resistant infections. Using genetic and functional approaches ...

The bacteria has been identified as Klebsiella pneumoniae. The hospital first announced the outbreak in October 2022 and has posted multiple updates, most recently on April 25. "Beginning in ...