ISSN:
1573-0832
Keywords:
pathogenicity
;
Cylindrocarpon tonkinense
;
Fusarium solani
;
experimental fungal keratitis
;
cornea
;
rabbit
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The pathogenicity of Cylindrocarpon tonkinense in the cornea was evaluated and compared with that of Fusarium solani in rabbits. F. solani was inoculated into the right eyes of 14 rabbits and C. tonkinense was into the left eyes of same rabbits. The corneal lesions of both eyes were examined carefully by slit lamp every day for three weeks and the severity of infections were compared each other. For histopathologic study, several eyes were enucleated periodically. C. tonkinense has a pathogenicity equally strong as F. solani in this inculum size (104 microconidia per cornea) and produced severe infection in rabbit eyes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00454592
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