Human tear fluid protects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis in a murine experimental model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2325-2332

  Kwong, Mary S F ^a   Evans, David J ^a,c   Ni, Minjian ^a,b   Cowell, Brigitte A ^a   Fleiszig, Suzanne M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL FLUID; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RABBITS; TEARS;

EID: 34248388921     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01404-06     Document Type: Article

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