Infections caused by Klebsiella ozaenae: a changing disease spectrum

J Clin Microbiol. 1978 Oct;8(4):413-8. doi: 10.1128/jcm.8.4.413-418.1978.

Abstract

A total of 64 isolates of Klebsiella ozaenae were recovered from 36 patients during a 40-month period. Over 7,500 isolates of K. pneumoniae were isolated during the same time period. Before this decade, K. ozaenae was considered to be only a colonizer of the nasopharynx or a putative cause of ozena (atrophic rhinitis). K. ozaenae was recovered most frequently from sputum in mixed culture but was associated with infection in 12 patients (2 with bacteremia, 3 with urinary tract infection, 1 with soft tissue infection, and 6 with mucopurulent nasal discharge). The spectrum of disease caused by this organism is more extensive than has been appreciated previously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella / drug effects
  • Klebsiella / isolation & purification*
  • Klebsiella / physiology
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Mastoiditis / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Sepsis / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents