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"String Test" confirming the hypermucoviscosity of a K. pneumoniae isolate recovered from blood culture (patient 4). A positive result is defined as the formation of a viscous rope greater than 5 mm when a bacterial colony is touched with a loop on an agar plate.
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All isolates were positive for this test (Fig. 1).