144
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Short Communication

Rapid Microbial Quantification of Disinfected Contact Lens Surfaces

, PhD, , MD, PhD & , PhD
Pages 850-852 | Received 27 Sep 2011, Accepted 26 Mar 2012, Published online: 06 Jun 2012

REFERENCES

  • Rosenthal RA, Sutton SV, Schlech BA. Review of standard for evaluating the effectiveness of contact lens disinfectants. PDA J Pharm Sci Technol 2002;56:37–50.
  • Oliver JD. Recent findings on the viable but nonculturable state in pathogenic bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010;34:415–425.
  • Estes C, Duncan A, Wade B, Lloyd C, Ellis W Jr, Powers L. Reagentless detection of microorganisms by intrinsic fluorescence. Biosens Bioelectron 2003;18:511–519.
  • Lloyd C, Cleary F, Mason H-Y, Estes C, Duncan A, Wade B, Ellis W Jr, Powers L. Is what you eat and drink safe? Detection and identification of microbial contamination in foods and water. IEEE Special Proc on Chem and Biol Microsensors 2003;91:908–914.
  • Kim HY, Estes CR, Duncan AG et al. Real-time detection of microbial contamination. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag 2004;23:122–129.
  • Powers L. Method and apparatus for sensing the presence of microbes. U.S. Patent 5,760,406, June 2, 1998; U.S. Patent 5,968,766, October 19, 1999.
  • Powers L, Lloyd C. Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of microbes and determining their physiological status. U.S. Patent 6,750,006, June 15, 2004.
  • Powers L, Lloyd C. Method for detecting the presence of dormant cryptobiotic microorganisms. US Patent 7211377 B1, May 1, 2007.
  • Powers L, Lloyd C. Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of microbes with frequency modulated multiwavelength intrinsic fluorescence. U.S. Patent 7,824,883 (2010).
  • Gupte AR, De Rezende CL, Joseph SW. Induction and resuscitation of viable but nonculturable Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium DT104. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003;69:6669–6675.
  • Mukamolova GV, Turapov OA, Young DI, Kaprelyants AS, Kell DB, Young M. A family of autocrine growth factors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Microbiol 2002;46:623–635.
  • Reissbrodt R, Rienaecker I, Romanova JM et al. Resuscitation of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli from the viable but nonculturable state by heat-stable enterobacterial autoinducer. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002;68:4788–4794.
  • Sperandio V, Torres A, Jarvis B, Nataro J, Kaper J. Bacteria–host communication: the language of hormones. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003:100:8951–8956.
  • Steinert M, Emödy L, Amann R, Hacker J. Resuscitation of viable but nonculturable Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia JR32 by Acanthamoeba castellanii. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997;63:2047–2053.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.