Acanthamoeba spp. and bacterial contamination in contact lens storage cases and the relationship to user profiles

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1241-1245

  Pens, Claiton José ^a   Da Costa, Marisa ^a   Fadanelli, Cristina ^a   Caumo, Karin ^a   Rott, MariliseBrittes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BRAZIL; CONTACT LENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SHEEP;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BRAZIL; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HANDWASHING; HUMANS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 53149134643     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1120-3     Document Type: Article

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