Contribution of pneumolysin and autolysin to the pathogenesis of experimental pneumococcal endophthalmitis

Retina

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 622-632

  Ng, Eugene W M ^a   Ricardo Costa, J ^a   Samiy, Nasrollah ^a   Ruoff, Kathryn L ^a   Connolly, Edward ^a   Cousins, Felecia V ^a   D'Amico, Donald J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFECT; RAT; RETINA INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITREOUS DISEASE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0036797936     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200210000-00014     Document Type: Article

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