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== Background == |
== Background == |
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=== Microbiology === |
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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
- hvKp is an increasingly common cause of liver abscess
- However, can metastasize to cause endophthalmitis, menignitis, brain abscess, and prostate abscess
