Acanthamoeba keratitis and contact lens disinfecting solutions

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 238-241

  Tzanetou, K ^a,c   Miltsakakis, D ^a   Droutsas, D ^b   Alimisi, S ^a   Petropoulou, D ^a   Ganteris, G ^a   Dolapsaki, E ^a   Markomichelakis, N ^a   Mallias, I ^b   Malamou Lada, E ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Contact lens disinfecting solutions

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; DISINFECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GREECE; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745469575     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093077     Document Type: Article

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