Efficacy of care solutions against contact lens-associated fusarium biofilms

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 382-391

  Retuerto, Mauricio A ^a   Szczotka Flynn, Loretta ^b,c   Ho, Donghai ^b   Mukherjee, Pranab ^a   Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilms; contact lens; solutions

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM GROWTH; BIOFILM MODELS; CARE PRODUCTS; DIMETHYLAMINES; FUSARIUM; GROWTH REDUCTION; IN-VITRO; INTERNAL CONTROLS; LENS MATERIALS; LENS WEAR; POLYQUATERNIUM; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SOFT CONTACTS; SULFOPHENYL;

CONTACT LENSES; FUNGI; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SOLUTIONS;

BIOFILMS;

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOFILMS; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859424445     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31824cb754     Document Type: Article

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