SpringerLink
Log in

Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia: follow the string!

  • Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine
  • Published:
Intensive Care Medicine Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
EUR 32.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or Ebook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Price includes VAT (Canada)

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Fang CT, Chuang YP, Shun CT et al (2004) A novel virulence gene in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains causing primary liver abscess and septic metastatic complications. J Exp Med 199:697–705. doi:10.1084/jem.20030857

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  2. Shon AS, Bajwa RPS, Russo TA (2013) Hypervirulent (hypermucoviscous) Klebsiella pneumoniae: a new and dangerous breed. Virulence 4:107–118. doi:10.4161/viru.22718

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors want to thank Prof. J.D. Ricard for his advice on the manuscript.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Service de Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale, AP-HP, Hôpital Louis Mourier, 178 Rue des Renouillers, 92700, Colombes, France

    Manal Mazloum, Matthieu Le Meur & Jonathan Messika

  2. Service de Microbiologie-Hygiène, AP-HP, Hôpital Louis Mourier, 178 Rue des Renouillers, 92700, Colombes, France

    Guilene Barnaud

  3. INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, 75018, Paris, France

    Jonathan Messika

  4. Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75018, Paris, France

    Jonathan Messika

Authors
  1. Manal Mazloum
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Matthieu Le Meur
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Guilene Barnaud
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Jonathan Messika
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jonathan Messika.

Ethics declarations

Informed consent

Written informed consent for publication of these images is not required as these observational images did not modify diagnostic or therapeutic strategy. The patient’s identity has been kept confidential, and cannot be traced from the submitted material.

Conflicts of interest

Jonathan Messika received consultancy fees from Basilea Pharmaceutica.

Electronic supplementary material

The string test is performed by stretching a bacterial colony on an agar plate with a loop. This maneuver allows the formation of a viscous string greater than 5 mm when the strain exhibits a hypermucoviscous phenotype

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Mazloum, M., Le Meur, M., Barnaud, G. et al. Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia: follow the string!. Intensive Care Med 42, 2092–2093 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4363-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4363-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation