Isolation, Identification and Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of Klebsiella species Isolated from Various Clinical Specimens in a Medical College and Hospital

Abstract

Friedlander (In 1883) isolated a capsulated bacillus from the lungs of patients who died of pneumonia (1). The microorganism was named after him as Friedlander's bacillus. Later on this organism was given the generic name of Klebsiella, and is reported worldwide (2). Klebsiella is a Gram negative, non motile, encapsulated, lactose fermenting facultative anaerobes belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae family (1,2). Seven species of Klebsiella -K. pneumoniae, K. oxytoca and K. granulomatis are associated with human illness; K. ozaenae