#plasmid-virulence-genes

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fromArs Technica
12 hours ago

This may be the grossest eye pic ever-but the cause is what's truly horrifying

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae causes aggressive, metastatic infections in healthy people, forming liver abscesses and spreading via bloodstream to lungs, brain, eye, and other tissues.
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