Risk Factors for contact lens bacterial contamination during continuous wear

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1216-1226

  Szczotka Flynn, Loretta B ^a,b   Bajaksouzian, Saralee ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^a   Rimm, Alfred ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial bioburden; Contact lenses; Continuous wear

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOBURDEN; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BIOBURDEN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUOUS WEAR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; ODDS RATIOS; PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS; RISK FACTORS; SANDWICH TECHNIQUE; SILICONE HYDROGELS; UNIVARIATE;

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTACT LENSES; CONTAMINATION; HYDROGELS; POLYSACCHARIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICONES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COMMENSAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EYELID; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYELIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; HYDROGELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SILICONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449578615     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181bbca18     Document Type: Article

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