Klebsiella pneumoniae

Background

Microbiology

• 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