Effects of multipurpose contact lens care solutions on the adhesiveness of Acanthamoeba to corneal epithelial cells

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 246-250

  Imayasu, Masaki ^a   Uno, Toshihiko ^b   Ohashi, Yuichi ^b   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^c  

^a MENICON CO LTD   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Multipurpose contact lens care solution; Cornea; Scanning electron microscopy; Real time PCR; Acanthamoeba

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; MACROGOLGLYCEROL HYDROXYSTEARATE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RIBOSOME DNA; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYST; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TIME FACTORS; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 70349106828     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181b4d152     Document Type: Article

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