The detection of bacteria and bacterial biofilms in punctal plug holes

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 362-365

  Sugita, Jiro ^a,b,c   Yokoi, Norihiko ^a,b,c   Fullwood, Nigel J ^a,b,c   Quantock, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Takada, Yoko ^a,b,c   Nakamura, Yo ^a,b,c   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a,b,c  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilm; Dry eye; Punctal plug

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; DRY EYE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOFILMS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0035039828     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200105000-00005     Document Type: Article

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