Identification and enumeration of staphylococci from the eye during soft contact lens wear

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 258-265

  Leitch, E Carol ^a   Harmis, Najat Y ^a   Corrigan, Karen M ^a   Willcox, Mark D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Enumeration; Identification; Normal microbiota; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTACT LENSES;

SOFT CONTACT LENS (SCL); STAPHYLOCOCCI;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032054898     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199804000-00022     Document Type: Article

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