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S. aureus can spread from blood to eye, endangering vision

Nearly ten percent of cases of Staphylococcus aureus infections of the blood spread to the eyeball, according to a team of Korean clinical investigators.

That spread can severely impair vision, and even cause blindness. The research was published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

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