Enhanced attachment of acanthamoeba to extended-wear silicone hydrogel contact lenses: a new risk factor for infection?

Beattie, T.K. and Tomlinson, A. and McFadyen, A. and Seal, D. and Grimason, A.M. (2003) Enhanced attachment of acanthamoeba to extended-wear silicone hydrogel contact lenses: a new risk factor for infection? BMC Ophthalmology, 110 (4). pp. 765-771. ISSN 1471-2415 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01971-1)

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Abstract

Acanthamoebal attachment to the S-H lenses was significantly greater than to the conventional hydrogel. Liquid-cultured trophozoites demonstrated a higher affinity for the lenses tested. Wear and bacterial biofilm coating had no effect on attachment to S-H lenses. The increased attachment found with the S-H lens may be an inherent characteristic of the polymer or a side effect of the surface treatment procedure to which the lenses are exposed. It is possible that S-H lenses are at greater risk of promoting Acanthamoeba infection if exposed to the organism because of the enhanced attachment characteristic of this new material.

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Beattie, T.K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5593-8368, Tomlinson, A., McFadyen, A., Seal, D. and Grimason, A.M.;
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