IN-VITRO ADHESION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS ON HEPARIN-SURFACE-MODIFIED INTRAOCULAR LENSES

Authors
ARCIOLA CR CARAMAZZA R PIZZOFERRATO A
Citation
Cr. Arciola et al., IN-VITRO ADHESION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS ON HEPARIN-SURFACE-MODIFIED INTRAOCULAR LENSES, Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, 20(2), 1994, pp. 158-161
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Ophthalmology
Journal title
Journal of cataract and refractive surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
08863350
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
158 - 161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-3350(1994)20:2<158:IAOSOH>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This quantitative study assessed the in vitro adhesion of Staphylococc us epidermidis on two types of intraocular lenses: conventional poly(m ethyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and heparin-surface-modified PMMA. Level ad hesion was measured by microbiological turbidimetry. We also measured modifications in the bacterium's structural fatty acids after adhesion using gas chromatography.