Development of a streptococcus pneumoniae keratitis model in mice

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Moore III, Quincy C ^a   McCormick, Clare C ^a   Norcross, Erin W ^a   Onwubiko, Chinwendu ^a   Sanders, Melissa E ^a   Fratkin, Jonathan ^a   McDaniel, Larry S ^a   O'Callaghan, Richard J ^a   Marquart, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Keratitis; Mouse; Pneumococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATITIS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67651005204     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229028     Document Type: Article

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