Isolation and Identifection of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolated from Iraqi Patients

Abstract

This study focused on the isolation and identification of K. pneumoniae isolates from patients with urinary tract infections. 62 isolates (32 women, 30 men) of K. pneumoniae clinical specimens of mid-stream urine were collected from three hospitals in Baghdad. The diagnosis of bacteria was done by culture, gram stain, biochemical tests,. A string test was done to detect the hypermucoviscosity strains. The result was, 4 (6.45%) isolates were HV+