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Serological and Molecular Investigation of Brucella Species in Dogs in Pakistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Brucellosis is an important bacterial zoonosis caused by B. abortus and B. melitensis in Pakistan. The status of canine brucellosis caused by B. canis remains obscure.
Hammad Hussain, Muhammad   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Anti-infective ophthalmic preparations in general practice

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2012
Ocular infections may be bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic in aetiology. Pharmacological preparations are available to treat infections that are caused by these groups of organisms.
D. Smit
doaj   +1 more source

Lactoferrin. A natural glycoprotein involved in iron and inflammatory homeostasis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Human lactoferrin (hLf), an iron-binding multifunctional cationic glycoprotein secreted by exocrine glands and by neutrophils, is a key element of host defenses.
Cutone, Antimo   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Proteomic profiling reveals immunomodulatory role of IL-33 in ocular bacterial and fungal infections

open access: yesInfection and Immunity
Bacterial and fungal pathogens are major causes of infectious endophthalmitis following eye surgery or trauma, often leading to vision impairment or blindness.
Zeeshan Ahmad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Novel Biomimetic Nanosponge Protects the Retina from the Enterococcus faecalis Cytolysin

open access: yesmSphere, 2017
Intraocular infections are a potentially blinding complication of common ocular surgeries and traumatic eye injuries. Bacterial toxins synthesized in the eye can damage intraocular tissue, often resulting in poor visual outcomes.
Austin L. LaGrow   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the pathogenic factors and management of dry eye in ocular surface disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The tear film represents the interface between the eye and the environment. The alteration of the delicate balance that regulates the secretion and distribution of the tear film determines the dry eye (DE) syndrome. Despite having a multifactorial origin,
Albietz   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Resistance of the Eye to Bacterial Infection Following Neuroparalytic Keratitis.

open access: yesExperimental Biology and Medicine, 1931
Neuroparalytic keratitis is regarded as a trophoneurosis caused by injury of the Gasserian ganglion or nerves emanating from it or of the ciliary ganglion. Recently we succeeded in the experimental production of neuroparalytic keratitis through the injection of one cc.
P. S. Soudakoff, T. J. Kurotchkin
openaire   +1 more source

Bacterial profile of ocular infections: a systematic review

open access: yesBMC Ophthalmology, 2017
Background Bacteria are the major contributor of ocular infections worldwide. Ocular infections, if left untreated, can damage the structures of the eye with possible blindness and visual impairments.
Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Twitching Motility of Bacteria with Type IV Pili: Fractal Walks, First passage time and their Consequences on Microcolonies

open access: yes, 2017
A human pathogen, \textit{Neisseria gonorrhoeae} (NG), moves on surfaces by attaching and retracting polymeric structures called Type IV pili. The \textit{tug-of-war} between the pili results in a two-dimensional stochastic motion called \textit ...
Banerjee, Varsha   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Monocaprin eye drop formulation to combat antibiotic resistant gonococcal blindness

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria are acknowledged as an urgent threat to human health because this species has developed resistances to all of the antibiotics used clinically to treat its infections. N.
Colin P. Churchward   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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