Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 126-130 , June 2008

The influence of lens material and lens wear on the removal and viability of Staphylococcus epidermidis

  • Lívia Santos

      Affiliations

    • IBB – Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengenhary, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
    • ,
  • Diana Rodrigues

      Affiliations

    • IBB – Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengenhary, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
    • ,
  • Madalena Lira

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Physics (Optometry), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
    • ,
  • M. Elisabete C.D. Real Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Physics (Optometry), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
    • ,
  • Rosário Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • IBB – Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengenhary, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
    • ,
  • Eva Yebra-Pimentel Vilar

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Optics and Optometry, University of Santiago of Compostela, Santiago of Compostela, Spain
    • ,
  • Joana Azeredo

      Affiliations

    • IBB – Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengenhary, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Departamento de Engenharia Biológica, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal. Tel.: +351 253 604400; fax: +351 253 678986.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.01.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 126-130 , June 2008

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