Klebsiella pneumoniae, a common gut bacteria, causes problems when it moves outside the gut and causes infection. Learn about its symptoms and treatment.

Hypermucoviscous strains of K. pneumoniae are stickier than previous strains. They can form into abscesses and are easily aggravated. HMV strains are those that can be pulled into a strand more ...

Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle has confirmed two more deaths in connection to a bacterial outbreak that began last year.

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a ‘superbug’ that causes a range of diseases, depending on which part of the body it infects. Doctors typically use antibiotics to treat it.

Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii growing together on differential media (MacConkey agar) that allows for distinguishing them based on their different metabolic capacity ...

Four patients in a Seattle hospital died after contracting Klebsiella pneumoniae a bacteria that can resist antibiotics; dozens more are infected.

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

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 ...

UB research has identified the genetic elements responsible for turning classical Klebsiella pneumoniae into a hypervirulent version, which can infect otherwise healthy people in the ...

New research published in Cell Reports has shown how the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae suppresses our body's defences, resulting in it being unable to clear infection.

SEATTLE — Virginia Mason Franciscan Health confirmed two more deaths among infected patients after a Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterial outbreak began in late 2022.