Ex vivo rabbit and human corneas as models for bacterial and fungal keratitis.

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Published in Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol on November 14, 2016

Authors

Abigail Pinnock1, Nagaveni Shivshetty2, Sanhita Roy2, Stephen Rimmer3, Ian Douglas1, Sheila MacNeil4,5, Prashant Garg2

Author Affiliations

1: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK.
2: LV Prasad Eye Institute, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, 500034, India.
3: University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK.
4: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK. s.macneil@sheffield.ac.uk.
5: The Kroto Research Institute, North Campus, University of Sheffield, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S3 7HQ, UK. s.macneil@sheffield.ac.uk.

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