Cholesterol as Treatment for Pneumococcal Keratitis: Cholesterol-Specific Inhibition of Pneumolysin in the Cornea - Concepedia

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Cholesterol as Treatment for Pneumococcal Keratitis: Cholesterol-Specific Inhibition of Pneumolysin in the Cornea

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2007

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Mary E. Marquart, K.S. Monds, Clare C. McCormick, Sherrina N. Dixon, Melissa Sanders, Julian M. Reed, Larry S. McDaniel, Armando R. Caballero, Richard J. O’Callaghan

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Abstract

Topical cholesterol is an effective treatment for S. pneumoniae keratitis. Cholesterol not only inhibits pneumolysin, it is also bactericidal.

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