RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Acute anterior uveitis and Klebsiella aerogenes: a casual relationship? JF British Journal of Ophthalmology JO Br J Ophthalmol FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. SP 796 OP 797 DO 10.1136/bjo.65.11.796 VO 65 IS 11 A1 Willshaw, H E YR 1981 UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/65/11/796.abstract AB This study was undertaken to investigate the hypothesis that episodes of anterior uveitis in patients with the HLA B27 antigen are triggered by the presence of Klebsiella aerogenes in the gastrointestinal tract. Forty patients were examined. While the recovery of klebsiella was greater in B27 positive patients with uveitis, the differences failed to reach statistical significance. The clinical state of patients with Klebsiella aerogenes in their faeces did not differ from that in whom klebsiella could not be recovered.