Host Response and Bacterial Virulence Factor Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Streptococcus pneumoniae Corneal Ulcers

P. aeruginosa and S. pneumoniae are major bacterial causes of corneal ulcers in industrialized and in developing countries. The current study examined host innate immune responses at the site of infection, and also expression of bacterial virulence factors in clinical isolates from patients in sout...

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Main Authors: Karthikeyan, Rajapandian SivaGanesa, Priya, Jeganathan Lakshmi, Leal, Sixto M., Toska, Jonida, Rietsch, Arne, Prajna, Venkatesh, Pearlman, Eric, Lalitha, Prajna
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672173/