Attachment to and penetration of conventional and silicone hydrogel contact lenses by Fusarium solani and Ulocladium sp. in vitro

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 831-839

  Ahearn, Donald G ^a   Simmons, Robert B ^a   Zhang, Shangtong ^a   Stulting, R Doyle ^b   Crow Jr , Sidney A ^a   Schwam, Brian L ^c   Pierce, George E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kell Hall ^*

Author keywords

Fungal spoilage of hydrogel lenses; Fusarium keratitis; Silicone hydrogel contact lenses; Ulocladium

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CLEANING; DENSITY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM KERATITIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KNOWLEDGE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPECIES; SUSPENSION; TIME; ULOCLADIUM;

ASCOMYCOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; HYDROGELS; METHACRYLATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILOXANES;

EID: 34547650760     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31806c782a     Document Type: Article

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