Corneal erosions, bacterial contamination of contact lenses, and microbial keratitis

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 340-345

  Willcox, Mark D P ^a,b   Naduvilath, Thomas J ^a,b   Vaddavalli, Pravin K ^b,c   Holden, Brien A ^a,b   Ozkan, Jerome ^a,b   Zhu, Hua ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Corneal erosion; Gram negative bacteria; Microbial keratitis.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EROSION; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROGEL; KERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL DISEASES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KERATITIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 78649321339     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181f57b05     Document Type: Article

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