Which is more important to the initiation of contact lens related microbial keratitis, trauma to the ocular surface or bacterial pathogenic factors?

Clin Exp Optom. 2006 Sep;89(5):277-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00054.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / pathogenicity
  • Bacterial Proteins / physiology
  • Contact Lenses / microbiology*
  • Corneal Injuries*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Keratitis / microbiology*
  • Virulence Factors / physiology*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Virulence Factors