Microbial keratitis and the role of rub and rinsing

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 6 PART 2 OF SUPPL 2, 2007, Pages 421-423

  Butcko, Victoria ^a   McMahon, Timothy T ^a   Joslin, Charlotte E ^a   Jones, Lyndon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Contact lens hygiene; Digital rub; Fusarium; Multipurpose solution; Rub and rinse

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; CONTACT LENS; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STORAGE;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; EYE INFECTIONS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KERATITIS;

EID: 35848945450     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318157f3df     Document Type: Review

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