Effects of α-toxin-deficient Staphylococcus aureus on the production of peripheral corneal ulceration in an animal model

Current Eye Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Wu, Peter Z J ^a   Zhu, Hua ^a   Stapleton, Fiona ^a   Hume, Emma ^a   Aliwarga, Yulina ^a   Thakur, Archana ^a   Willcox, Mark D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

toxin; CLPU; Contact lens; Corneal ulceration; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA TOXIN; ELASTASE; GELATINASE; HYALURONIDASE; PROTEINASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLOOD CELL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA ULCER; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL AUREUS 8325 4; STAPHYLOCOCCAL AUREUS DU1090; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL ULCER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GELATINASES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; NEUTROPHILS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEROXIDASE; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 14744276585     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680490894630     Document Type: Article

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