kleb·si·el·la (kl ĕb ′z ē- ĕl ə)
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n. A nonmotile, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Klebsiella, such as K. pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infections usually in patients with diminished immunity, such as diabetics and alcoholics.
[New Latin, genus name, after Edwin Klebs (1834-1913), German American pathologist born in Königsberg (Kaliningrad).] |