Klebsiella pneumoniae: Difference between revisions

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

hvKp is an increasingly common cause of liver abscess
However, can metastasize to cause endophthalmitis, menignitis, brain abscess, and prostate abscess

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