Photo: A hypermucoviscous strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae on a blood agar plate (IMAGE)

Kobe University

Photo: A hypermucoviscous strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae on a blood agar plate

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Hypermucoviscous strains of K. pneumoniae are stickier than previous strains. They can form into abscesses and are easily aggravated. HMV strains are those that can be pulled into a strand more than 5mm from the blood agar plate.

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Adapted from Figure 2 of Seo, R., Kudo, D., Gu, Y. et al. Invasive liver abscess syndrome caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae with definite K2 serotyping in Japan: a case report. surg case rep 2, 72 (2016).

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