The in vitro activity of selected defensins against an isolate of Pseudomonas in the presence of human tears

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 609-611

  McDermott, A M ^a   Rich, D ^b,c   Cullor, J ^b,d   Mannis, Mark J ^b,f   Smith, W ^b   Reid, T ^b,e   Murphy, C J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Centre ^*

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; PROTEIN NP 1; PROTEIN NP 3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEFENSINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBITS; TEARS;

EID: 33646242748     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.083428     Document Type: Article

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