Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 113-119 , September 2005

In vitro deposition of lysozyme on etafilcon A and balafilcon A hydrogel contact lenses: Effects on adhesion and survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

  • Shangtong Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Biology Department, Georgia State University, Kell Hall, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 404 651 3110; fax: +1 404 651 2509.
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  • Roya N. Borazjani

      Affiliations

    • Research Group, Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY, USA
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  • Joseph C. Salamone

      Affiliations

    • Research Group, Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY, USA
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  • Donald G. Ahearn

      Affiliations

    • Biology Department, Georgia State University, Kell Hall, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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  • Sidney A. Crow Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Biology Department, Georgia State University, Kell Hall, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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  • George E. Pierce

      Affiliations

    • Biology Department, Georgia State University, Kell Hall, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

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PII: S1367-0484(05)00047-0

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2005.06.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 113-119 , September 2005

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