Encystment of Acanthamoeba during incubation in multipurpose contact lens disinfectant solutions and experimental formulations

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Kilvington, Simon ^a   Heaselgrave, Wayne ^a   Lally, John M ^b   Ambrus, Kate ^b   Powell, Hayes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Advanced Medical Optics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Contact lens solutions; Encystment; Propylene glycol

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; MACROGOL; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 43249092900     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181772c95     Document Type: Article

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