KLEBSIELLA IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE
Authors: G M EISENBERG, H F FLIPPIN, H L KAYSER, J NADEL, S SATHAVARA, A SPIVACK, W WEISS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 December 1956KLEBSIELLA IN RESPIRATORY DISEASEWILLIAM WEISS, M.D., GEORGE M. EISENBERG, D.SC., ALFRED SPIVACK, M.D., JAY NADEL, M.D., HAROLD L. KAYSER, M.D., SIRI SATHAVARA, M.D., HARRISON F. FLIPPIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.WILLIAM WEISS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE M. EISENBERG, D.SC.Search for more papers by this author, ALFRED SPIVACK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JAY NADEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD L. KAYSER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SIRI SATHAVARA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HARRISON F. FLIPPIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-6-1010 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONDuring the last quarter of a century, considerable investigation has revealed the necessity for revising the classification of tribes of bacteria belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Falling into this category is the tribe Escherichiae which, in Bergey'sManual,1consists of three genera: Escherichia, Aerobacter and Klebsiella. Among clinicians, it is a common impression thatKlebsiella pneumoniaeandAerobacter aerogenesare two distinct and separate organisms, the former being associated with respiratory infections, the latter with abdominal and urinary infections. This impression is no longer tenable. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication April 17, 1956.From the Departments of Medicine and Chronic Diseases of the Chest, and the Division of Bacteriology and Serology, Philadelphia General Hospital, and the Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania Schools of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Harrison F. Flippin, M.D., Lankenau Medical Building, Lancaster Avenue and City Line, Philadelphia 31, Pa. 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