Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Eastern Health

Klebsiella oxytoca

Precautions

See 'Additional Information'
See 'Additional Information'

Susceptibilities

General susceptibility

General Susceptibilities

Susceptibilities

Antibiogram Data

General Information

Pathogen information

Pathogen information

Gram negative rod, of the Enterobacteriaceae family

Epidemiology

Epidemiology

Normal GI flora

Associated syndromes

Associated syndromes

In healthy hosts, can cause:

  • UTI

  • Pneumonia (Friedlanders disease)

  • Liver abscesses

Nosocomial infection:

  • UTI

  •  Pneumonia

  •  Intra-abdominal and biliary infection

  •  Prosthetic material and vascular catheter infection