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Serratia marcescens keratitis: strain-specific corneal pathogenesis in rabbits.
Current eye research - 1 Dec 1999
Hume E B, Conerly L L, Moreau J M, Cannon B M, Engel L S, Stroman D W, Hill J M, O'Callaghan R J
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop an animal model of Serratia keratitis that is suitable to demonstrate the pathology of specific strains. METHODS: Serratia marcescens ocular strains 93-1399-1 and 94-EI-185-2, and an environmental strain (ATCC 14041) were characterized in vitro in terms of their motility, metabolic profiles, ribotypes, and protease production. The strains were then analyzed in the...
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