写真：培地上の過粘稠性肺炎桿菌 (IMAGE)

Kobe University

写真：培地上の過粘稠性肺炎桿菌

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過粘稠性肺炎桿菌は従来の肺炎桿菌より粘り気が強いため、膿瘍などを形成し重症化しやすい。培地上の菌株を棒で釣り上げた際に5 mm以上伸びる株が過粘稠性株とされている。

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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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