Klebsiella Pnemonia Causes

• cause pneumonia, bactermia, wound infections, urinary tract infections

• accounts for a small percentage of pneumonia cases but extensive damage produced by the organism results in high case fatality rates (up to 90 % in untreated patients)

• pneumonia usually involves necrotic destruction of alveolar spaces, cavity formation, blood-tinged sputum

• frequently involved in infections associated with respiratory tract manipulations, such as tracheostomy and procedures using contaminated inhalation therapy equipment

• rarely causes extraintestinal disease unless host defenses are compromised