Talk:Klebsiella pneumoniae
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- anybody knows which antibiotic is used to treat klebsiella?
- what does klebsiella pneumonia secrete?? - unsigned
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- 1. Any of a number of antibiotics have been used, but typically Klebsiella is treated with a third-generation cephalosporin, a carbapenem, an aminoglycoside or a quinolone, or some combination of them.
- 2. I'm not sure what you're asking, but you might be alluding to the fact that multi-drug resistant strains exist that produce an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL). Or you may be asking if Klebsiellae are lactose-fermenting, urease-positive and indole-negative organisms, which they are. - Nunh-huh 06:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
K. oxytoca are indole-positive. - Emt147 Burninate! 04:54, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
2 unacylated form of pullulanase
[edit] Resistance
This makes no sense: Many strains have acquired an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase with additional resistance to carbenicillin, ampicillin, quinolones, and increasingly to ceftazidime. The bacteria remain largely susceptible to aminoglycosides and cephalosporins.
Either it's resistant to ceftazidime or it's susceptible to cephalosporins. Which is it? - Emt147 Burninate! 08:23, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
