Microbial colonization of soft contact lenses over time

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-105

  Sweeney, Deborah F ^a   Stapleton, Fiona ^a   Leitch, Carol ^a   Taylor, Juanita ^a   Holden, Brien A ^a   Willcox, Mark D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Extended wear; Pseudomonas; Soft contact lens; Staphylococcus; Time course

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035098677     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200102000-00010     Document Type: Article

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