Efficacy of contact lens storage solutions against different Acanthamoeba strains

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-427

  Hiti, Klaus ^a   Walochnik, Julia ^b   Maria Haller Schober, Eva ^a   Faschinger, Christoph ^a   Aspöck, Horst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Contact lenses; Disinfection; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; DISINFECTANT AGENT; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POLYAMINOPROPYL BIGUANIDE; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYAMINOPROPYLBIGUANIDE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIGUANIDES; CHLORHEXIDINE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745034505     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214204.22200.7f     Document Type: Article

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