News tagged with klebsiella pneumoniae


Klebsiella pneumoniae 'superbug' is being studied

University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome sequencing helps quell bacterial outbreak in Clinical Center

For six months last year, a deadly outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria kept infection-control specialists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Clinical Center in a state of high alert. A New York City patient ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Planning for bacteria in cancer patients may help hospitals fight infections

What cancerous conditions lead to what kinds of bacterial infections? If doctors knew, they could predict which patients would likely benefit from pre-treatment with certain kinds of antibiotics. A University of Colorado ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers work to develop screening method for superbug

A team of researchers from the University of Houston (UH) and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) are working to develop improved screening methods to detect a potentially lethal, drug-resistant superbug ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Antimicrobial resistance up in K. pneumoniae isolates

(HealthDay)—Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) isolates from U.S. inpatients are becoming increasingly resistant to antimicrobial agents, according to a study published in the January issue of Emerging I ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The rising threat of antibiotic resistance

A major European and global health issue is resistance to or inappropriate use of antibiotics. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) estimates that each year, antimicrobial resistance ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0