Klebsiella pneumoniae

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, encapsulated, lactose-fermenting, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium that causes nosocomial pneumonia, 10% of all bacterial pneumonia, and septicemia in pediatric wards.

The disease is most often contracted in hospitals and therefore antibiotic resistant, and are transmitted through feces. They are treated with ceftriaxine, cefotaxime, or cefepime.