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==Background==
===Microbiology===

*Indole [[Indole::negative]] [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]]
*Virulence factors include capsular polysaccharide, lipopolysaccharide, and iron acquisition mechanism (siderophores)

==Clinical Manifestations==
===Hypervirulent ''Klebsiella pneumoniae''===

*hvKp is an increasingly common cause of [[Causes::liver abscess]]
*However, can metastasize to cause [[Causes::endophthalmitis]], [[Causes::menignitis]], [[Causes::brain abscess]], and [[Causes::prostate abscess]]

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[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]