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Revision as of 10:51, 29 August 2020
Background
Microbiology
- Indole negative Gram-negative bacillus
- Virulence factors include capsular polysaccharide, lipopolysaccharide, and iron acquisition mechanism (siderophores)
Clinical Manifestations
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
- hvKp is an increasingly common cause of liver abscess
- However, can metastasize to cause endophthalmitis, menignitis, brain abscess, and prostate abscess