A Laboratory Assessment of Factors That Affect Bacterial Adhesion to Contact Lenses

Adhesion of pathogenic microbes, particularly bacteria, to contact lenses is implicated in contact lens related microbial adverse events. Various in vitro conditions such as type of bacteria, the size of initial inoculum, contact lens material, nutritional content of media, and incubation period can...

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Main Authors: Debarun Dutta, Mark DP Willcox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-11-01
Series:Biology
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/2/4/1268