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rdf:type | |
lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-2-14
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pubmed:abstractText |
Acanthamoeba keratitis is a sight-threatening disease that is difficult to treat. The development of an animal model is necessary for many of the studies required to improve visual outcome in human patients. A rat model is proposed that is dependent on coinoculation of amebae and corynebacteria into the corneal stroma. The infective dose was determined for a virulent Acanthamoeba isolate and was used to screen 17 other isolates, including 7 from the human cornea. A total of 6 were infective in the rat cornea. The model should be useful for controlled in vivo studies of this intractable condition.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0003-9950
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
108
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
107-12
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Acanthamoeba,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Acanthamoeba Keratitis,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Cornea,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Corynebacterium,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Corynebacterium Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Disease Models, Animal,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Eye Infections, Bacterial,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:2297316-Virulence
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pubmed:year |
1990
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Pathogenicity of Acanthamoeba and a Corynebacterium in the rat cornea.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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