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LEBSIELLA IS AN ENDOGENOUS MICRO FLORA, BUT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS CAN BECOME A PATHOGEN. A SPECIFIC SPECIE WITHIN THIS GENERA IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN THE AREA OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND AS SUCH, IS RIGHTFULLY FOCUSED ON. IT IS RESONSIBLE FOR A WIDE ARRAY OF DISEASES, MOST OF THEM NOSOCOMIAL. IT IS NOT JUST SUCCESSFUL AT CAUSING DISEASES BUT ALSO EVADING IMMUNE RESONSES AS WELL.SADLY,MUCH OF WHY IT IS SO PERSISTENT AND SUCCESSUL LIES IN THE HUMAN FACTOR, ESPECIALLY DRUG ABUSE LEADING TO MULTI DRUG REISTANT STRAINS. ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS. WE DELVE INTO WHAT MAKES THIS GENERA SO SUCCESSFUL AND HOWBEST TO DEAL WITH IT.