Klebsiella pneumonia (DOID:13272)
Alliance: disease page
Synonyms: Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae (disorder)
Alt IDs: ICD10CM:J15.0, ICD9CM:482.0, MESH:D007710
Definition: A bacterial pneumonia involving Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Patients with Klebsiella pneumonia tend to cough up a characteristic sputum that is said to resemble red-currant jelly. Klebsiella pneumonia tends to affect people with underlying diseases, such as alcoholism, diabetes and chronic lung disease. The symptoms include high fever, rigors and pleuritic pain, and hemoptysis.