[Experimental salmonellosis conjunctivitis and keratitis in guinea pigs]

The authors present the results of morphological study of experimentally-induced conjunctivitis and keratitis induced in guinea pigs by salmonellae. It was revealed that injuries of the conjunctiva and cornea in salmonellae infection were different by development and morphological manifestations from keratoconjunctivitis caused by shigellae. This difference was due to specific peculiarities of the pathogenic properties of salmonellae and shigellae clearly expressed on the given experimental model.