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Home › Health › Microbes › Glossary › K

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Kaposi’s sarcoma
A reddish brown malignant tumor that usually begins in the skin and is most common in patients with HIV. It has been linked to infection with a newly recognized virus, human herpes virus type 8.

Keratitis
An inflammation of the cornea.

Keratoconjunctivitis
An infection of the eye surfaces that leads to inflammation of the conjunctiva, as well as the cornea of the eye, often caused by an adenovirus.

Keratoconus
The coning (formation of a cone-shape) of the cornea, distorting vision and found mainly in young adult males, which often leads to corneal transplants later in life.




Klebsiella
A major species of the bacteria genus Enterobacteriaceae, the frequent cause of such nosocomial infections as pneumonia and other respiratory diseases, as well as wound infections.

Kluyvera
Of the bacteria genus Enterobacteriaceae, associated with unusual wound infections often occurring in diabetics.

Koch’s postulates
The criteria used to determine whether a microbe is the cause of a particular infection.

Koplik’s spots
Red spots with bluish centers that appear on the oral mucosa in the early stages of measles.

Kuru
A slow virus infection of the brain related to various “mad cow” diseases, but contracted through human cannibalism.




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