Experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa ulcerative keratitis model in the dog.

ABSTRACT

Primary Pseudomonas aeruginosa ulcerative keratitis and accompanying secondary ocular disease were induced bilaterally in 12 of 12 dogs subjected to corneal trephination and intrastromal inoculation. Successful experimental infection was based on recovery of viable Pseudomonas organisms from the lesions, as well as gross and biomicroscopic appearance of the corneas.