Amoebicidal activities of Alexidine against 3 pathogenic strains of Acanthamoeba

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Alizadeh, Hassan ^a   Neelam, Sudha ^a   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Alexidine; Corneal epithelial cells; Cytolysis; Cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; NEOSPORIN; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ACANTHAMOEBA RHYSODES; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; CORNEA; CRICETULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMEBIASIS; AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; BIGUANIDES; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORNEA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 64849091483     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181909ae6     Document Type: Article

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