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Descriptor English: Klebsiella pneumoniae
Descriptor Spanish: Klebsiella pneumoniae
Descriptor Klebsiella pneumoniae
Entry term(s) Bacillus pneumoniae
Bacterium pneumoniae crouposae
Hyalococcus pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae aerogenes
Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis
Scope note: Bacilos gramnegativos, inmóviles, encapsulados, productores de gas, ampliamente diseminados en la naturaleza, que se asocian a infecciones urinarias y respiratorias en el hombre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Klebsiella pneumoniae
Descriptor French: Klebsiella pneumoniae
Entry term(s): Bacillus pneumoniae
Bacterium pneumoniae crouposae
Hyalococcus pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae aerogenes
Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis
Tree number(s): B03.440.450.425.425.600
B03.660.250.150.400.590
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007711
Scope note: Gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature and associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Registry Number: txid573
Previous Indexing: Klebsiella (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 1974; for KLEBSIELLA RHINOSCLEROMATIS see KLEBSIELLA RHINOSCLEROMATIS 1972-2003
History Note: 1974(1972)
Related: Enterobacter aerogenes MeSH
DeCS ID: 7887
Unique ID: D007711
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/01/28
Klebsiella pneumoniae - Preferred
Concept UI M0012060
Scope note Gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature and associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans.
Preferred term Klebsiella pneumoniae
Entry term(s) Bacillus pneumoniae
Bacterium pneumoniae crouposae
Hyalococcus pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae aerogenes
Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis - Narrower
Concept UI M0012061
Scope note A gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium found consistently and exclusively in patients with RHINOSCLEROMA and their contacts. Formerly an individual species, it is now considered a subspecies of K. pneumoniae.
Preferred term Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis



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