klebsiellan.
/klɛbzɪˈɛlə/ A coliform bacterium of the ill-defined genus so called, which includes Friedländer's bacillus, Klebsiella pneumoniæ, and others associated with respiratory, urinary, and wound infections and occasionally with hospital epidemics.
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tubercle bacillus1882
Koch's bacillus1885
comma (bacillus)1886
spider-cell1888
Klebs–Löffler1895
Hofmann's bacillus1897
Koch–Weeks bacillus1898
Pfeiffer's bacillus1900
Shiga1900
Hansen('s) bacillus1903
streptobacilli1903
Johne's bacillus1907
wisp bacillus1915
klebsiella1928
Shigella1937
listerella1940
coliform1951
thiobacillus1951
1928 W. Giltner Elem. Text Bk. Gen. Microbiol. xxv. 337 (heading) Klebsiella infections.
1948 H. F. Dowling Acute Bacterial Dis. xx. 364 Cholecystitis and cholangitis are frequently the site of klebsiella infections.
1957 R. Y. Stanier et al. Microbial World xvi. 341 The members of the Klebsiella group are encapsulated.
1962 Lancet 12 May 989/1 In 1 patient with a urinary-tract infection a klebsiella strain was isolated.
1973 A. L. Smith Princ. Microbiol. (ed. 7) xxiii. 351 Klebsiella are non-motile, gram-negative, aerobic organisms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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