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Acanthamoeba keratitis

Seal, D. and Beattie, T.K. and Tomlinson, A. and Fan, D. and Wong, E. (2003) Acanthamoeba keratitis. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 87 (4). pp. 516-517. ISSN 0007-1161

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Abstract

We read with interest the report by Radford et al on the incidence of acanthamoeba keratitis and the suggested relation with hardness of water.1 However, we disagree with their findings and believe their study is flawed for two reasons. This paper discusses the flaws.

Item type:	Article
ID code:	6856
Keywords:	acanthamoeba keratitis, water hardness, contact lenses, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), Microbiology, Ophthalmology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems
Subjects:	Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Science > Microbiology
Department:	Faculty of Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences > Pharmaceutical Sciences
Depositing user:	Strathprints Administrator
Date deposited:	18 Sep 2008
Last modified:	03 Jan 2019 11:34
Related URLs:	http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/article...
URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/6856
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