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WHAT IS IT?
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram negative bacilli bacteria that is enteric.
CULTURE CHARACTERISTICS
Mucoid colonies
Lactose fermenting:
MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS
Encapsulated: serves as an antiphagocytic virulence factor
Urease positive
TRANSMISSION
CONDITIONS CAUSED
Aspiration pneumonia (lobar pneumonia): especially in diabetics and alcoholics
Abscesses: commonly in the lungs or liver
Urinary tract infection (hospital acquired)
Kidney stones: can cause struvite stones
Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis)
TREATMENT
First generation cephalosporins:
Second generation cephalosporins:
OTHER HY FACTS
Currant jelly sputum is a buzzword for exams (occurs because of capsule)
Page Updated: 04.15.2017