Candida albicans and Pseudomonas aeruginosa adhesion on soft contact lenses

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 559-564

  Kaynak Onurdaǧ, Fatma ^a   Özkan, Semiha ^a   Özgen, Selda ^a   Olmuş, Hülya ^a   Abbasoǧlu, Ufuk ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adherence; Candida; Pseudomonas; Slime; Soft contact lens

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ETAFILCON A; GLUCOSE; HILAFILCON; LOTRAFILCON; OCUFILCON; POLYMACON; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DILUTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHRISTENSEN MACROTUBE METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOFT CONTACT LENS; YEAST;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79955610009     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1595-3     Document Type: Article

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