Factors affecting Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion to contact lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 590-594

  Fleiszig, Suzanne M J ^a   Evans, David J ^a   Mowrey McKee, Mary F ^b   Payor, Rick ^b   Zaidi, Tanweer S ^c   Vallas, Vicky ^c   Muller, Eugene ^c   Pier, Gerald B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CIBA Vision Corporation   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion; contact lenses; exopolysaccharide; keratitis; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; PHOSPHATES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ADHESIONS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; KERATITIS; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIS;

CONTACT LENSES;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; PHOSPHATE; POLYMACON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTACT LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030245657     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199609000-00005     Document Type: Article

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