Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-17694
Hasler, S; Dedes, W; Mathis, A; Grimm, F; Thiel, M A (2009). MoisturePlus contact lens solution as a source of acanthamoeba keratitis. Cornea, 28(2):219-220.
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Abstract
Recently, it was suggested that the use of the Advanced Medical Optics Complete MoisturePlus multipurpose cleaning solution might be a risk factor for contracting Acanthamoeba keratitis, and the manufacturer voluntarily recalled it in May 2007. Polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of a variable part of the 18S rRNA gene allowed for the first time tracking of Advanced Medical Optics Complete MoisturePlus-associated Acanthamoeba keratitis isolate from a patient back to the lens cleaning solution itself.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Ophthalmology Clinic 05 Vetsuisse Faculty > Institute of Parasitology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Parasitology |
| DDC: | 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology 610 Medicine & health |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Deposited On: | 11 Mar 2009 18:43 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2012 14:29 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Wiliams & Wilkins |
| ISSN: | 0277-3740 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318183a34b |
| PubMed ID: | 19158570 |
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