Growth of gram-negative bacteria in a simulated ocular environment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Cowell, B A ^a   Willcox, M D P ^a   Schneider, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lactoferrin; Lysozyme; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Tears

Indexed keywords

TEAR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTACT LENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIMULATION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0030814610     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01748.x     Document Type: Article

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