Acanthamoeba spp.: Efficacy of Bioclen FR One Step®, a povidone-iodine based system for the disinfection of contact lenses

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-112

  Martín Navarro, Carmen M ^a   Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^a,b   López Arencibia, Atteneri ^a   Valladares, Basilio ^a   Piñero, José E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Bioclen FR One Step ; Contact lens cleaning solutions; Povidone iodine

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; POVIDONE IODINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; HUMANS; POVIDONE-IODINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; FUNGI;

EID: 77954759619     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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