Bacillus laterosporus Endophthalmitis
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 95 (12) , 2187-2189
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1977.04450120093010
Abstract
• A strain of Bacillus laterosporus was isolated from the aqueous and vitreous humors of a patient with endophthalmitis that developed after a penetrating injury of the cornea. Intravitreal inoculation of the isolate into rabbits produced severe panophthalmitis, corneal perforation, orbital cellulitis, and even meningitis. These observations suggest that B laterosporus, hitherto classified as nonpathogenic, is an opportunist that can cause disease when conditions are favorable. (Arch Ophthalmol 95:2187-2189, 1977)This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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