Interactions between the constitutive host defences of tears and Staphylococcus epidermidis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Leitch, E C ^a   Willcox, M D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complement; Lactoferrin; Lysozyme; Staphylococcus epidermis; Tears

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; TEAR PROTEIN; VITRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST; HOST RESISTANCE; LACRIMAL FLUID; NONHUMAN; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030746940     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01747.x     Document Type: Article

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