Biocide uptake in contact lenses and loss of fungicidal activity during storage of contact lenses

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 262-266

  Rosenthal, Ruth A ^a   Dassanayake, Nissanke L ^a   Schlitzer, Ronald L ^a   Schlech, Barry A ^a   Meadows, David L ^a   Stone, Ralph P ^a  

^a ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexidine; Contact lens; Fungicidal; Fusarium; OPTI FREE Express; OPTI FREE RepleniSH; Polyhexamethylene biguanide; POLYQUAD; Preservative; ReNu Multi Plus; ReNu with MoistureLoc; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ALEXIDINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BIOCIDE; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; ETAFILCON; MYRISTAMIDOPROPYL DIMETHYLAMINE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POLYQUATERNIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIGUANIDES; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISINFECTANTS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FUSARIUM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 33750978437     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31802b413f     Document Type: Article

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