Hypermucoviscosity as a Virulence Factor in ExperimentalKlebsiella pneumoniaeEndophthalmitis
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Hypermucoviscosity as a virulence factor in experimental Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis.
PURPOSE Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common cause of endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis, a disease that frequently results in a poor visual outcome. Hypermucoviscosity has been identified as a virulence factor among clinical bacteremia isolates of K. pneumoniae. In this study, an experimental murine model of K. pneumoniae endophthalmitis was established, and the role of hypermucoviscosity in it...
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عنوان ژورنال: Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1552-5783
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2276