Correlation of 55 samples of contact lens fluid with direct swabbing of the eye surface from symptomatic wearers of contact lenses;Korrelation von 55 kontaktlinsenflüssigkeiten mit direktabstrichen von der augenoberfläche bei symptomatischen kontaktlinsenträgern

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 747-760

  Bialasiewicz, A A ^a   Bischoff, G ^b   Walter, A ^a   Engelmann, K ^a   Richard, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b BVA Arbeitskreis Kontaktlinsen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthameba; Bacteria; Contact lens; Keratitis; Storage solution

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTACT LENS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; BACTERIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; KERATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17044451434     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470170083     Document Type: Article

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