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 through ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) infection is an illness caused by a type of bacterium that commonly lives in the intestines. These infections typically occur in a hospital setting, though they ...

When bacteria called Klebsiella pneumoniae spread from the intestines and feces, they cause a range of infection types and tend to be resistant to antibiotics. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a type of ...

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 ...

A review in Biomolecules and Biomedicine sheds light on how microRNAs (miRNAs)—small regulatory RNA molecules—play a central role in the body's response to Klebsiella pneumoniae, a major cause of ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common species of bacteria found in our bodies – and may even be lurking in your gut, mouth or nose right now. But it’s also a notoriously harmful bacteria that can make us ...

A bacterial outbreak at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Seattle, Washington, has infected a total of 31 patients, according to a press release on the hospital’s website. Four of the 31 patients ...

It's been known that the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae secretes small molecules called siderophores that enable it to acquire iron from a host and fuel its spread. Now, researchers have found that ...

A Taiwanese study has demonstrated that human placental mesenchymal stem cells (PMSCs) were therapeutic in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia (hvKp) intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) by secreting ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a type of bacteria that can cause a range of infections, including UTIs and pneumonia. These infections usually develop in hospital settings. People have K. pneumoniae in ...