Dangerous Development (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Dangerous Development

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The appearance of a botulinum-like toxin in Enterococcus -- a ubiquitous bacterium and an emerging cause of multidrug-resistant infections -- is raising scientific concern.

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Francois Lebreton, Daria Van Tyne and Ann Tisdale, Massachusetts Eye and Ear

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