Strategies to design antimicrobial contact lenses and contact lens cases

Organoselenium Polymer Inhibits Biofilm Formation in Polypropylene Contact Lens Case Material

(2017) Phat L. Tran et al.   Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice

Activity of a melimine derived peptide Mel4 against Stenotrophomonas, Delftia, Elizabethkingia, Burkholderia and biocompatibility as a contact lens coating

(2017) Debarun Dutta et al.   Contact Lens & Anterior Eye

Multifunctional Polyphenols- and Catecholamines-Based Self-Defensive Films for Health Care Applications

(2016) Chetna Dhand et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Hydrogel-Based Hybrid Theranostic Contact Lens for Fungal Keratitis

(2016) Jian-Fei Huang et al.   ACS Nano

High-density antimicrobial peptide coating with broad activity and low cytotoxicity against human cells

(2016) Akhilesh Rai et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Antimicrobial activity of four cationic peptides immobilised to poly-hydroxyethylmethacrylate

(2016) Debarun Dutta et al.   BIOFOULING

Hierarchical Polymer Brushes with Dominant Antibacterial Mechanisms Switching from Bactericidal to Bacteria Repellent

(2016) Shunjie Yan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticle-Loaded Soft Contact Lens Materials: The Effect of Monomer Composition

(2016) Maryam Shayani Rad et al.   CURRENT EYE RESEARCH

Nitric oxide-releasing polyacrylonitrile disperses biofilms formed by wound-relevant pathogenic bacteria

(2016) M. Craven et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Coloured cornea replacements with anti-infective properties: expanding the safe use of silver nanoparticles in regenerative medicine

(2016) E. I. Alarcon et al.   Nanoscale

In Vivo Studies Evaluating the Use of Contact Lenses for Drug Delivery

(2016) Alex Hui et al.   OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

A Novel Peptide Hydrogel for an Antimicrobial Bandage Contact Lens

(2016) Andrew G. Gallagher et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Therapeutic outcomes of combined topical autologous serum eye drops with silicone–hydrogel soft contact lenses in the treatment of corneal persistent epithelial defects: A preliminary study

(2016) Yu-Kuei Lee et al.   Contact Lens & Anterior Eye

Fabrication of a Stable and Efficient Antibacterial Nanocoating of Zn-CuO on Contact Lenses

(2016) Reut Tuby et al.   ChemNanoMat

Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial/Antifouling Soft Material Coatings Using Poly(ethylenimine) as a Tailorable Scaffold

(2015) Wei Cheng et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Synthetic β-sheet forming peptide amphiphiles for treatment of fungal keratitis

(2015) Hong Wu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Nitric oxide releasing plasma polymer coating with bacteriostatic properties and no cytotoxic side effects

(2015) Thomas D. Michl et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Imprinted Contact Lenses for Sustained Release of Polymyxin B and Related Antimicrobial Peptides

(2015) Negin Malakooti et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Safety and efficacy of composite collagen–silver nanoparticle hydrogels as tissue engineering scaffolds

(2015) Emilio I. Alarcon et al.   Nanoscale

Esculentin-1a(1-21)NH2: a frog skin-derived peptide for microbial keratitis

(2014) Satya Sree N. Kolar et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Antimicrobial Contact Lenses and Lens Cases

(2014) Debarun Dutta et al.   Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice

Modification of Silicone Elastomer with Zwitterionic Silane for Durable Antifouling Properties

(2014) Shiou-Bang Yeh et al.   LANGMUIR

Biocompatibility of Antimicrobial Melimine Lenses

(2014) Debarun Dutta et al.   OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

Silver and Gold Nanoparticles Exposure to In Vitro Cultured Retina – Studies on Nanoparticle Internalization, Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress, Glial- and Microglial Activity

(2014) Erika Söderstjerna et al.   PLoS One

Anti-biofilm activity of silver nanoparticles against different microorganisms

(2013) Fidel Martinez-Gutierrez et al.   BIOFOULING

Nonadhesive, silica nanoparticles-based brush-coated contact lens cases-Compromising between ease of cleaning and microbial transmission to contact lenses

(2013) Wenwen Qu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Evolution of Resistance to Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors

(2013) Vipin C. Kalia et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

In vitro adhesion of Acanthamoeba castellanii to soft contact lenses depends on water content and disinfection procedure

(2013) Julia F. Reverey et al.   Contact Lens & Anterior Eye

Preparation, characterization and antimicrobial study of a hydrogel (soft contact lens) material impregnated with silver nanoparticles

(2013) Bibi Sedigheh Fazly Bazzaz et al.   Contact Lens & Anterior Eye

Silver as Antibacterial Agent: Ion, Nanoparticle, and Metal

(2012) Svitlana Chernousova et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Future of Silicone Hydrogels

(2012) Padmaja Sankaridurg et al.   Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice

The Effects of Silicone Hydrogel Lens Wear on the Corneal Epithelium and Risk for Microbial Keratitis

(2012) Danielle M. Robertson   Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice

Ophthalmic Application of Poly(HEMA)s Containing Nanoparticles and Dimethylacrylamide

(2012) A-Young Sung et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Acanthamoebakeratitis: The Persistence of Cases Following a Multistate Outbreak

(2012) Jonathan S. Yoder et al.   OPHTHALMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

Monitoring Antibiotic Resistance in Ocular Microorganisms: Results From the Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring in Ocular MicRorganisms (ARMOR) 2009 Surveillance Study

(2011) Wolfgang Haas et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Sustained in vivo release from imprinted therapeutic contact lenses

(2011) A. Tieppo et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Recent Outbreaks of Atypical Contact Lens-Related Keratitis: What Have We Learned?

(2010) Elmer Y. Tu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Characterisation and in vitro activities of surface attached dihydropyrrol-2-ones against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria

(2010) Kitty K.K. Ho et al.   BIOFOULING

Macromolecular Inhibition of Quorum Sensing: Enzymes, Antibodies, and Beyond

(2010) Neri Amara et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Silver nanoparticles impede the biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2010) Kalimuthu Kalishwaralal et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Pathogenesis of Contact Lens-Associated Microbial Keratitis

(2010) Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig et al.   OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

Furanone at Subinhibitory Concentrations Enhances Staphylococcal Biofilm Formation by luxS Repression

(2009) R. Kuehl et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Risk Factors and Causative Organisms in Microbial Keratitis

(2009) Matthew Green et al.   CORNEA

The growing importance of materials that prevent microbial adhesion: antimicrobial effect of medical devices containing silver

(2009) Douglas Roberto Monteiro et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Topical Ocular Delivery of NSAIDs

(2008) Munish Ahuja et al.   AAPS Journal

Phosphorylcholine Impairs Susceptibility to Biofilm Formation of Hydrogel Contact Lenses

(2008) Laura Selan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Soft contact lenses functionalized with pendant cyclodextrins for controlled drug delivery

(2008) Jose-Fernando Rosa dos Santos et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Referral pathways and management of contact lens-related microbial keratitis in Australia and New Zealand

(2008) Lisa Keay et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY

A novel cationic-peptide coating for the prevention of microbial colonization on contact lenses

(2008) M.D.P. Willcox et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Fusariumkeratitis and contact lens wear: facts and speculations

(2008) Donald G. Ahearn et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Fimbrolide-Coated Antimicrobial Lenses: Their In Vitro and In Vivo Effects

(2008) HUA ZHU et al.   OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms

(2008) Carey D Nadell et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Structuring and interactions of human β-defensins 2 and 3 with model membranes

(2007) Francesca Morgera et al.   JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Development and evaluation of evidence-based guidelines on contact lens-related microbial keratitis

(2007) Lisa Keay et al.   Contact Lens & Anterior Eye