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Additionally, insights into the biosynthesis, regulation, and physiologic activity of such a marker may illuminate some of the causative factors in the pathophysiologic and clinical events of the sepsis syndrome.
High throughput analysis of protein-protein interactions has also been conducted [ 7 ] on the proteobacterium H. pylori (the causative agent of gastric ulcers), for which complete genome sequences of two strains are available [ 8 9 ] . Thus it is possible to assess the effect of protein-protein interactions on the rates of evolution over much shorter periods of time (within species) compared to the analysis of the yeast proteins described above.
The assumption that a causative organic factor is always present is not proved in rare cases.
Mutations in MYOC have been shown to be causative for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) [ 1 2 3 ] . Glucocorticoids have been implicated in ocular hypertension and glaucoma due to increased plasma cortisol levels [ 4 5 ] and altered cortisol metabolism [ 6 7 ] in POAG patients and from the increased risk of developing POAG in steroid-responsive patients [ 8 9 ] . Myocilin has been shown to be upregulated in glucocorticoid-treated human trabecular meshwork (TM) cells [ 10 11 ] , and there is variable evidence for increased MYOC expression in glaucomatous individuals [ 12 13 14 ] . In addition, glaucoma patients have a higher chance of responding to steroids than non-glaucomatous individuals.
This study describes the incidence of bacterial blood stream infection as well as its causative pathogens, risk factors for its development, and its impact on outcome in hospitalized patients with HIV.
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