Bacterium
klebsiella rhinoscleromatis
Definitions related to klebsiella rhinoscleromatis:
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A gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium found consistently and exclusively in patients with RHINOSCLEROMA and their contacts. Formerly an individual species, it is now considered a subspecies of K. pneumoniae.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is nonmotile and oxidase negative. K. rhinoscleromatis is pathogenic and the causative agent of rhinoscleroma, an upper respiratory disease of the nose and pharynx.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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