Background Klebsiella pneumoniae has become one of the major threats to public health as
it causes nosocomial and community-acquired infections like lobar pneumonia. This …

Background & objectives: Pneumonia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae is important due to
its high morbidity and mortality, especially in context of nosocomial infections. Many …

Experimental chronic pneumonia was established in normal BALB/c mice employing a
virulent encapsulated strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae B5055. A single exposure to the …

Lungs play an important role in the body's defense against a variety of pathogens, but this
network of immune system-mediated defense can be deregulated during acute pulmonary …

In the present study, we comparatively assessed the pathophysiological mechanisms
developed during lung infection of BALB/C female mice infected by an original wild type …

Surfactant protein A (SP-A) plays an important role in innate immunity. The sex-dependent
survival of infected SP-A knockout (KO) mice has been observed. Our goal was to study the …

Pneumonia can be transmitted by airborne germs from an infected individual are inhaled by
someone else. Anyway, most instances of pneumonia are attributable to self-infection with …

Introduction: Curcumin, a polyphenol derived from the herb Curcuma longa, has number of
antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anti-carcinogenic activities. Its anti …

The primary objectives were to isolate and identify Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae),
and determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns and biofilm formation abilities of the …

Objectives To assess the bacterial colonisation of mice organs and faeces infected with 3
strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, to measure levels of tumour necrosisfactor-alpha, tumour …