Question 1

i was told i have heavy growth of klebsiella pneumoniae?

Accepted Answer

UTI?: Is this a urine culture? As "pneumoniae" sugguests, this species of Klebsiella can cause pneumonia, but it mostly causes urinary tract infection (UTI). Whether or not you need treatment depends on symptoms (painful urination, frequency, urgency, etc) and urinalysis (increased white blood cells?). At your age (76) some asymptomatic UTIs don't need treatment. Follow your doctor's advice about it.

Question 2

is heavy growth of klebsiella spp in the mouth cause by hiv because i have done a rapid 4th generation test blood draw from my vein after 33days of exposure negative and another rapid antibody test blood draw from my vein negative after 97days?

Accepted Answer

: Your HIV test results are conclusive and prove you do not have it. And Klebsiella infection (of the mouth or anywhere else) is not something that points to HIV or immune deficiency. What sort of oral problem do you have? A tooth or gum abscess, perhaps? Such problems also are not generally related to HIV.

Question 3

what does it mean by moderate growth of klebsiella pneumoniae? what do i need to do

Accepted Answer

Infection: Where is the growth? Urine or sputum? Either way you need antibiotics as it means infection.

Question 4

what do doctors mean by moderate growth of klebsiella pneumoniae?

Accepted Answer

Semiquantification: Moderate growth, or scant growth or heavy growth, of an organism is a way of quantifying the amount of organisms in a culture.  This does not mean that the organism is necessarily relevant as cultures from some sites can reflect colonization.

Question 5

my urine culture reports show that there is insignificant bacterial growth .what does it mean? last month i had klebsiella and took  tab ciproba.

Accepted Answer

Meaning of culture: Repeat urine culture is negative- insignificant bacterial growth.

Drink plenty of fluids,cranberry juice

Vitamin C will help also.

Question 6

x lab: urine culture test positive with e --coli. 
y lab: no significant growth
z lab (renowned in our city) klebsiella pneumoniae. what to do?

Accepted Answer

Pick your favorite.: Pick your favorite doctor that is.  Something fishy is going on here.  Need to get a good doc who can understand your symptoms and order and interpret testing.  May want to reports discrepant results to labs.

Question 7

how would someone develop growth of klebsiella aerogenes in thier sinuses (confirmed by bacterial culture of sinus cavity)?

Accepted Answer

: It would most probably take a chronic paranasal sinus infection for.klebsiella to be a cause of the sinus infection. It would be unusual as a cause of acute sinusitis. This is an important distinction as treatment for klebsiella requires broader spectrum antibiotics and surgical drainage of the sinus is often needed.

Question 8

semen culture how possible of false (+) or false (-) 1 specimen submit two different laboratories.one laboratory detects klebsiella spp.and 2nd laboratory detects no growth.i have symptoms of burning nd painful urine and right spermatic cord swell?

Accepted Answer

: False positives -- indicating contamination of the specimen -- is far more common than false negative culture. Probably you have no infection in your semen. But check back with the doctor you are seeing.

Question 9

self brazilian wax if waxing strip pulled forcefully & wrongly can make heavy bleeding in urine. kleibsella in urine culture 5 times in 6 months?

Accepted Answer

Not related: Waxing is optional, as hair removal is optional. Waxing is to remove hair which grows on the outside of the body. There is no hair at the urethra where urine comes out of the body. Thus, there should be no waxing done at the urethra and no relationship of a urine culture result to the waxing. (Unless there's an indirect relationship such as if waxing began at the same time sexual activities began)

Question 10

hi,what is klebsiella ?

Accepted Answer

Gram negative: Bacteria, typically causing urinary tract infections or pneumonias that untreated may progress to full blown sepsis.

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