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Article: Research on clinical microbiology published by X.C. Li et al.
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- November 13, 2009
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According to recent research from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "Vibrio alginolyticus is a facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacillus found in normal marine flora."
"Ocular infections induced by V. alginolyticus are extremely rare," wrote X.C. Li and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "We report a case of endophthalmitis caused by V. alginolyticus to draw attention to V. alginolyticus infections following ocular injuries."
Li and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (Endophthalmitis Caused by Vibrio alginolyticus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2009;47(10):3379-3381).
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