The role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm in the attachment of Acanthamoeba to four types of hydrogel contact lens materials

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 860-866

  Simmons, Peter A ^a   Tomlinson, Alan ^b   Seal, David V ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Biofilm; Contact lens type

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; HYDROGELS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

IONIC MATERIALS; TROPHOZOITES;

CONTACT LENSES;

POLYMACON;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISINFECTION; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; IONIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032421366     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199812000-00007     Document Type: Article

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