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Infections caused by Klebsiella ozaenae: a changing disease spectrum

1978; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 8; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.8.4.413-418.1978

1098-660X

E. J. C. Goldstein, Robert P. Lewis, William Martin, Paul H. Edelstein,

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

A total of 64 isolates of Klebsiella ozaenae were recovered from 36 patients during a 40-month period. Over 7,500 isolates of K. pneumoniae were isolated during the same time period. Before this decade, K. ozaenae was considered to be only a colonizer of the nasopharynx or a putative cause of ozena (atrophic rhinitis). K. ozaenae was recovered most frequently from sputum in mixed culture but was associated with infection in 12 patients (2 with bacteremia, 3 with urinary tract infection, 1 with soft tissue infection, and 6 with mucopurulent nasal discharge). The spectrum of disease caused by this organism is more extensive than has been appreciated previously.