Interactions of bacteria with contact lenses: The effect of soluble protein and carbohydrate on bacterial adhesion to contact lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 266-271

  Williams, Timothy J ^a   Willcox, Mark D P ^a   Schneider, Rene P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Contact lenses; Lactoferrin; Lysozyme; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYMES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

LACTOFERRIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CONTACT LENSES;

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOSE; LYSOZYME; MANNOSE; PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEAR FILM;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; LACTOFERRIN; MURAMIDASE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032054861     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199804000-00023     Document Type: Article

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