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== Background ==
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==Background==
=== Microbiology ===
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===Microbiology===
* [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Cellular shape::bacillus]]
 
* Virulence factors include capsular polysaccharide, lipopolysaccharide, and iron acquisition mechanism (siderophores)
 
   
 
*Indole [[Indole::negative]] [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]]
== Clinical Manifestations ==
 
 
*Virulence factors include capsular polysaccharide, lipopolysaccharide, and iron acquisition mechanism (siderophores)
=== Hypervirulent ''Klebsiella pneumoniae'' ===
 
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* 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''===
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*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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Latest revision as of 08:21, 14 October 2020

Background

Microbiology

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

Clinical Manifestations

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae