{"title":"Increased Pseudomonas aeruginosa adhesion following air drying of etafilcon A soft contact lenses.","authors":"G John, M Shields, F Austin, S McGinnis","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in bacterial adhesion resulting from air-drying soft contact lenses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An in vitro study was conducted on four sets of identical, unworn etafilcon A soft contact lenses, air-dried for varying periods of time. These lenses were placed in a bacterial suspension, rinsed, ground, and plated in order to determine bacterial adhesion.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The increased bacterial adhesion to these high water content, ionic lenses was statistically significant following five minutes of drying. Reversal of the effect was noted after rehydration.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Soft contact lens drying results in increased bacterial adhesion.</p>","PeriodicalId":22367,"journal":{"name":"The CLAO journal : official publication of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Inc","volume":"24 4","pages":"236-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The CLAO journal : official publication of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Inc","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in bacterial adhesion resulting from air-drying soft contact lenses.
Methods: An in vitro study was conducted on four sets of identical, unworn etafilcon A soft contact lenses, air-dried for varying periods of time. These lenses were placed in a bacterial suspension, rinsed, ground, and plated in order to determine bacterial adhesion.
Results: The increased bacterial adhesion to these high water content, ionic lenses was statistically significant following five minutes of drying. Reversal of the effect was noted after rehydration.
Conclusions: Soft contact lens drying results in increased bacterial adhesion.
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