The Epidemiology of Klebsiella Pneumoniae: A Review

Abstract

In alcohol and diabetes mellitus patient populations, Klebsiella pneumoniae is associated with pneumonia. Usually, the bacterium colonizes the human oropharynx and GI mucosal surfaces. Klebsiella pneumoniae has been extensively studied and a beta-lactamase that induces antibiotic beta-lactam ring hydrolysis has been shown to develop. Human beings represent K. pneumoniae as the main reservoir.

Relationship between multidrug resistance and epidemiological study of K. pneumoniae in hospital environment.There are (5%-38%) of individuals in the population have the organism in their stomach and (1%-6%) in the nasopharynx.Additional research on resistance and survival mechanisms for K. pneumoniae can inform infection prevention and control strategies to decrease K. pneumoniae transmission.

Klebsiella pneumoniae was an urgently defined threat in the rise of multi-drug-resistant hospitals and hyper virulent strains. The appearance of these hazardous isolates and their global distribution has left very few therapeutic options to clinicians and determined one of the essential strains of nosocomial infections.