Pathogenesis of gram-positive bacterial endophthalmitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3348-3356

  Callegan, Michelle C ^a   Booth, Mary C ^a,b   Jett, Bradley D ^a,c   Gilmore, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Oklahoma Baptist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EYE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLIT LAMP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032968218     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3348-3356.1999     Document Type: Article

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