Relationship between routine handling practices with potential pathogenic bacteria isolated from contact lenses among students in UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Adam Zafdri Md Zali and Rashidah Iberahim

• Main Authors: Md Zali, Adam Zafdri, Iberahim, Rashidah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan 2021
• Subjects: Laboratories. General works; Bacteria
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/48545/1/48545.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/48545/

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are types of bacteria known to cause bacterial keratitis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes bacterial keratitis by adhering to the surface of the contact lenses, when the P. aeruginosa are in contact with the eye, resulting in infectious keratitis. As for...