Klebsiella

Pronunciation

Definition 1

A bacterium that frequently causes lung, urinary tract, intestinal, and wound infections. (NCI Dictionary)

Definition 2

A genus of Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped bacteria that have a polysaccharide-based capsule and are oxidase negative. Klebsiella spp. are frequent human pathogens. (NCI Thesaurus)

Definition 3

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Klebsiella genus level. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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