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This inoculated MacConkey agar culture plate cultivated colonial growth of Gram-negative, small rod-shaped and facultatively anaerobic Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria.

K. pneumoniae bacteria are commonly found in the human gastrointestinal tract, and are often the cause of hospital acquired, or nosocomial infections involving the urinary and pulmonary systems.

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CDC

1976

CDC Organization

MeSH

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment

Equipment and Supplies

Diagnostic Equipment

Diseases

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses

Bacterial Infections

Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections

Enterobacteriaceae Infections

Klebsiella Infections

Organisms

Bacteria

Gram-Negative Bacteria

Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods

Enterobacteriaceae

Klebsiella

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Proteobacteria

Gammaproteobacteria

Enterobacteriaceae

Klebsiella

Klebsiella pneumoniae

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