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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. Dr. Wataru Hayashi @DraWataru #Klebsiella #String #Test #clinical #microbiology #petri #video #Sign #Hypermucoviscosity