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



Revision as of 12:13, 9 July 2020

Background

Microbiology

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

Clinical Presentation

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae