Relative in vitro rates of attachment and penetration of hydrogel soft contact lenses by haplotypes of fusarium

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-450

  Ahear, Donald G ^a,c   Zhang, Shangtong ^a   Stulting, R Doyle ^b   Schwam, Brian L ^c   Simmons, Robert B ^a   Ward, Michael A ^b   Pierce, George E ^a   Crow, Sidney A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FL ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contact lens penetration; Fusarium haplotypes; Fusarium keratitis; Fusarium oxysporum; Fusarium solani

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HYDROGEL; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

EID: 67650624117     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818d33fb     Document Type: Article

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