Time-kill assay results for a linalool-hinokitiol-based eyelid cleanser for lid hygiene

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 559-563

  Gilbard, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Douyon, Yanick ^b   Huson, Robert B ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Advanced Vision Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharitis; Dry eye; Lid hygiene; Meibomitis; Seborrhea; Seborrheic blepharitis

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; LINALOOL; POVIDONE IODINE; THUJAPLICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYELID; HYGIENE; INOCULATION; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYELIDS; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; TROPOLONE;

EID: 77951765837     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181bd9f79     Document Type: Article

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