Changes in the Eye Microbiota Associated with Contact Lens Wearing

Wearing contact lenses has been identified as a risk factor for the development of eye conditions such as giant papillary conjunctivitis and keratitis. We hypothesized that wearing contact lenses is associated with changes in the ocular microbiota. We compared the bacterial communities of the conjun...

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Main Authors: Hakdong Shin, Kenneth Price, Luong Albert, Jack Dodick, Lisa Park, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/2/e00198-16