Role of hemolysin BL in the pathogenesis of extraintestinal Bacillus cereus infection assessed in an endophthalmitis model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3357-3366

  Callegan, Michelle C ^a,b   Jett, Bradley D ^a,b,c   Hancock, Lynn E ^a   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; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 0032968219     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3357-3366.1999     Document Type: Article

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