Animal Models of Bacterial Keratitis

Bacterial keratitis is a disease of the cornea characterized by pain, redness, inflammation, and opacity. Common causes of this disease are Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Animal models of keratitis have been used to elucidate both the bacterial factors and the host inflammatory re...

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Autor principal: Marquart, Mary E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21274270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/680642
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description Bacterial keratitis is a disease of the cornea characterized by pain, redness, inflammation, and opacity. Common causes of this disease are Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Animal models of keratitis have been used to elucidate both the bacterial factors and the host inflammatory response involved in the disease. Reviewed herein are animal models of bacterial keratitis and some of the key findings in the last several decades.
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spelling pubmed-30222272011-01-27 Animal Models of Bacterial Keratitis Marquart, Mary E. J Biomed Biotechnol Review Article Bacterial keratitis is a disease of the cornea characterized by pain, redness, inflammation, and opacity. Common causes of this disease are Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Animal models of keratitis have been used to elucidate both the bacterial factors and the host inflammatory response involved in the disease. Reviewed herein are animal models of bacterial keratitis and some of the key findings in the last several decades. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3022227/ /pubmed/21274270 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/680642 Text en Copyright © 2011 Mary E. Marquart. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022227/
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