Lid and conjunctival micro biota during contact lens wear in children

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-317

  Sankaridurg, Padmaja R ^a,b,c   Markoulli, Maria ^a,b   De La Jara, Percy Lazon ^a,b   Harmis, Najat ^a   Varghese, Thomas ^a   Willcox, Mark D P ^a,b   Holden, Brien A ^a,b  

^a BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c Institute for Eye Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Conjunctiva; Contact lenses; Lid margins; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA; CHILDREN; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS WEAR; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LENS WEAR; LID MARGINS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME POINTS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTACT LENSES; CONTAMINATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

BACTERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFLORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EYELIDS; FUNGI; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67449089550     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318199d20c     Document Type: Article

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