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Infections caused by C. koseri can lead to various symptoms, including fever, chills, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. In severe cases, the bacterium can cause sepsis, meningitis, or brain abscesses. Brain abscesses have a high rate of mortality and complications, particularly in neonates.
The species C. amalonaticus, C. koseri, and C. freundii can use citrate as a sole carbon source. Citrobacter species are differentiated by their ability to convert tryptophan to indole (C. koseri is the only citrobacter to be commonly indole-positive), ferment lactose (C. koseri is a lactose fermentor), and use malonate.
Some infections caused by K. aerogenes result from specific antibiotic treatments, venous catheter insertions, and/or surgical procedures. It is generally found in the human gastrointestinal tract and does not generally cause disease in healthy individuals. It has been found to live in various wastes, hygiene chemicals, and soil.
This is a shortened version of the first chapter of the ICD-9: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases.It covers ICD codes 001 to 139.The full chapter can be found on pages 49 to 99 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
The genus Klebsiella was named after the German microbiologist Edwin Klebs (1834–1913). [citation needed] It is also known as Friedlander's bacillum in honor of Carl Friedländer, a German pathologist, who proposed that this bacterium was the etiological factor for the pneumonia seen especially in immunocompromised individuals such as people with chronic diseases or alcoholics.
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As such, C. freundii causes a wide range of illnesses, including infections of the urinary system, respiratory tract, wounds, circulation, and other sites in immunocompromised patients. [ 10 ] [ 13 ] According to North American healthcare facilities, the Citrobacter genus is responsible for 3–6% of Enterobacteriaceae infections and is one of ...
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