Efficacy of contact lens disinfecting solutions against staphylococcus aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 216-218

  Manuj, Kapur ^a,b   Gunderson, Charlise ^a   Troupe, John ^a   Huber, Mary E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens solution; Disinfectants; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; EYE DROPS; POVIDONE IODINE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; MYRISTAMIDOPROPYL DIMETHYLAMINE; PROPYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; DISINFECTION; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROPYLAMINES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748460526     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000194922.53171.39     Document Type: Article

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