Microbial contamination of contact lens storage cases and domestic tap water of contact lens wearers

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages 17-22

  Üstüntürk, Miray ^a   Zeybek, Zuhal ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contact lens storage case; Corneal infections; Domestic tap water; Free living amoebae; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER; CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ADULT; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PACKAGING;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PRODUCT PACKAGING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84877671171     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-012-0251-9     Document Type: Article

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