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== Background ==
==Background==
=== Microbiology ===
===Microbiology===
* [[Has Gram stain::Gram-negative]] [[Has shape::bacillus]]
* Virulence factors include capsular polysaccharide, lipopolysaccharide, and iron acquisition mechanism (siderophores)


*Indole [[Indole::negative]] [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]]
== Clinical Presentation ==
*Virulence factors include capsular polysaccharide, lipopolysaccharide, and iron acquisition mechanism (siderophores)
=== Hypervirulent ''Klebsiella pneumoniae'' ===

* hvKp is an increasingly common cause of [[Causes::liver abscess]]
==Clinical Manifestations==
* However, can metastasize to cause [[Causes::endophthalmitis]], [[Causes::menignitis]], [[Causes::brain abscess]], and [[Causes::prostate abscess]]
===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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Latest revision as of 12:21, 14 October 2020

Background

Microbiology

  • Indole negative Gram-negative bacillus
  • Virulence factors include capsular polysaccharide, lipopolysaccharide, and iron acquisition mechanism (siderophores)

Clinical Manifestations

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae