Klebs,

Theodor Albrecht Edwin, German physician, 1834-1913.

Klebsiella - a genus of bacteria (family Enterobacteriaceae) that occurs in the respiratory, intestinal, and urogenital tracts of humans as well as in soil, water, and grain.

Klebs disease

Klebs-Loeffler bacillus - a species that causes diphtheria and produces a powerful exotoxin causing degeneration of various tissues, notably myocardium. Synonym(s): Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Klebsiella oxytoca

Klebsiella pneumoniae - Synonym(s): Friedländer bacillus

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