title: Animal models of bacterial keratitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. mmarquart@umc.edu
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Marquart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D011817:Rabbits; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus