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 ...

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 ...

A hospital in Seattle has confirmed two more deaths in connection to a bacterial outbreak that began last year. Beginning in October 2022, hospital staff at Virginia Mason Medical Center said it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...