String Test in Carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella ...

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String Test in Carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKP)

Hypermucoviscosity (HMV) phenotype is a known virulent factor of Klebsiella pneumoniae. A positive string test is defined as the formation of viscous strings of >5 mm in length when a loop is used to stretch the colony on an agar plate.



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