title: Photo quiz: positive blood culture in a patient with sickle cell crisis. Answer: Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia showing filamentous forms and spheroplasts due to the presence of subinhibitory concentrations of β-lactams.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. nuntras@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nuntra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suwantarat
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D007769:Lactams / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008853:Microscopy; D013104:Spheroplasts / Q000166:cytology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007769:Lactams