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General Information
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| Term |
Klebsiella pneumonia |
ID (Ontology) |
DOID:13272 (Human Disease) |
| Definition |
A bacterial pneumonia involving Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Patients with Klebsiella pneumonia tend to cough up a characteristic sputum that is said to resemble red-currant jelly. Klebsiella pneumonia tends to affect people with underlying diseases, such as alcoholism, diabetes and chronic lung disease. The symptoms include high fever, rigors and pleuritic pain, and hemoptysis. |
| Also Known As |
"Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae" ; "Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae (disorder)" |
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DO.org
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