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Exogenous Streptococcus pneumoniae Endophthalmitis in Diabetic Rabbits.
Scientific reports - 7 Apr 2017
Benton Angela H, Fulton Linda K, Marquart Mary E
Abstract excerpt
Diabetics are at increased risk for eye infections including bacterial endophthalmitis. It is unclear whether the severity of endophthalmitis is greater in these patients due to confounding factors such as pre-existing ocular diseases in some but not others. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that disease severity and/or bacterial loads would be significantly higher in a Type I diabetic rabbit model of...
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