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 ...

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 ...

A research team led by Prof. Dr. Füsun Can at Koç University School of Medicine has developed a rapid diagnostic approach that simultaneously detects antibiotic resistance and high virulence in ...

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 ...

A recent study published in Engineering has shed light on the transmission and epidemiological trends of tmexCD1-toprJ1 ...

Now researchers have found a further reason for the severity of this dual infection by identifying a new virulence mechanism for a surface protein on the pneumonia-causing bacteria S. pneumoniae. This ...

Bacterial colonization in the upper respiratory tract is considered to be one of the major risk factors of COVID-19. In this context, studies have shown that the co-occurrence of invasive pneumococcal ...

Four patients at a downtown Seattle hospital are dead in connection to an outbreak of a bacteria often found in health care settings that has developed resistance to some antibiotics. The infected ...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a type of bacteria. It often causes a mild illness in older children and young adults, but it can also cause pneumonia, an infection of the lung. The bacteria usually cause an ...

Throughout their known history, the phylogenetically distinct bacteria in phylum Chlamydiae have fascinated scientists due to their unique morphology and survival strategies. The main human pathogens ...