OSPE Klebsiella pneumoniae-bacterial pneumonia

Question 1

Specimens

Answer 1

Sputum, blood

Question 2

Microscopy:

Answer 2

 Gram’s stain – Gram -ve bacilli

Question 3

Culture:

Answer 3

 Blood Agar – NH, Mucoid colonies
Mac Conkey’s Agar – LF, mucoid colonies

Question 4

Biochemical tests:

Answer 4

 Oxidase -ve, Catalase +ve
 Urease & Citrate +ve
 Glu, Lac, Suc, Mannitol – Acid and gas

Question 5

case

Answer 5

put on a ventilator due
to respiratory distress. On the third day, his condition worsened with symptoms of high fever and pneumonia.
- blood culture yielded growth of lactose-fermenting mucoid colonies.
-being sensitive only to imipenem and piperacillin-tazobactam.