Lens wearers non-compliance-Is there an association with lens case contamination?

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-105

  Kuzman, Tomislav ^a,b   Kutija, Marija Barišić ^a   Juri, Jelena ^a,b   Jandroković, Sonja ^a   Škegro, Ivan ^a   Olujić, Sanja Masnec ^a   Kordić, Rajko ^a,b   Cerovski, Branimir ^a,b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Case contamination; Case replacement; Compliance; Contact lens; Non compliance

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GAS PERMEABLE CONTACT LENS; GENDER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PENICILLIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SERRATIA; SLEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWIMMING;

CASE CONTAMINATION; CASE REPLACEMENT; COMPLIANCE; CONTACT LENS; NON-COMPLIANCE;

ADULT; BACTERIA; CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRODUCT PACKAGING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84894684125     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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