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kleibsella and anaerobes bacteria?
I work in a care home and we have a patient that has been sent home from hospital with both of the bacteria. They are in tremendous pain, have a leg that is rapidly turning necrotic and has a large abscess on there upper thigh. Anybody have any ideas what infection it could be and if it is contagious? Our manager is keeping us all out of the loop so all the staff are very concerned as both the nurses changing the dressings and doctors have sad oh dear and refused to come back after discovering n the bacteria names.
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- ?Lv 47 years ago
Klebsiella (genus Klebsiella), any of a group of rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Klebsiella organisms are categorized microbiologically as gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria. Klebsiella organisms occur in soil and water and on plants, and some strains are considered a part of the normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract. The genus is named for German physician and bacteriologist Edwin Klebs.