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Bacillus endophthalmitis: roles of bacterial toxins and motility during infection.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Sept 2005
Callegan Michelle C, Kane Scott T, Cochran Daniel C, Novosad Billy, Gilmore Michael S, Gominet Myriam, Lereclus Didier
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Bacillus endophthalmitis is a highly explosive infection of the eye that commonly results in rapid inflammation and vision loss, if not loss of the eye itself, within a few days. Quorum-sensing-controlled toxins are essential to virulence during infection. Another unique characteristic of this disease is the ability of Bacillus to replicate rapidly and migrate to all parts of the eye. This study was...
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