NOVEMBER 27, 2024

K. pneumoniae From the War in Ukraine Are Extremely Pathogenic

By Tov Smeds

Some Ukrainians hospitalized with war wounds are coming down with pan-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

This is a particular problem not just for those wounded by the war, but also other Ukrainians because K. pneumoniae causes disease in a wider context. Klebsiella can cause urinary tract infections, pneumonia, skin infections in wounds, and sepsis, according to  Kristian Riesbeck, MD, PhD, a professor of clinical bacteriology at Lund University and a senior consultant, who was