A comparison of the early inflammatory effects of an agr-/sar- versus a wild type strain of Staphylococcus aureus in a rat model of endophthalmitis

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-185

  Giese, Michael J ^a,b   Berliner, Judith A ^b   Riesner, Alissa ^a   Wagar, Elizabeth A ^b   Mondino, Bartly J ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophthalmitis; Neutrophils; Rat; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LIPASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOLYSINS; VIRULENCE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032952635     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.3.177.5370     Document Type: Article

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