Fungal growth on soft contact lenses: A SEM-study

Three soft contact lenses of the HEMA type, discarded because of irritation of the cornea, were processed for and subsequently examined with the SEM, A large portion of the convex surface was covered with globular deposits of fungal spores. Cross-fractures of lenses showed penetration of the fungi i...

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Published in:Documenta ophthalmologica 1987-09, Vol.67 (1-2), p.119-128
Main Authors: JONGEBLOED, W. L, HUMALDA, D, WORST, J. F. G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic
Diseases of the eye
Equipment Contamination
Fungi - growth & development
Fungi - ultrastructure
Humans
Medical sciences
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
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Summary:Three soft contact lenses of the HEMA type, discarded because of irritation of the cornea, were processed for and subsequently examined with the SEM, A large portion of the convex surface was covered with globular deposits of fungal spores. Cross-fractures of lenses showed penetration of the fungi into the matrix material of the lenses. The concave surface of the contact lenses showed at two points imprints of the epithelial cells of the cornea in the deposited material on that side of the lenses.
ISSN:0012-4486
1573-2622
DOI:10.1007/BF00142706