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Tannic acid-modified silver nanoparticles enhance the anti-Acanthamoeba activity of three multipurpose contact lens solutions without increasing their cytotoxicity

BACKGROUND: Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba are cosmopolitan, widely distributed protozoans that cause a severe, vision-threatening corneal infection known as Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK). The majority of the increasing number of AK cases are associated with contact lens use. Appropriat...

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Autores principales: Hendiger, Edyta B., Padzik, Marcin, Żochowska, Agnieszka, Baltaza, Wanda, Olędzka, Gabriela, Zyskowska, Diana, Bluszcz, Julita, Jarzynka, Sylwia, Chomicz, Lidia, Grodzik, Marta, Hendiger, Jacek, Piñero, José E., Grobelny, Jarosław, Ranoszek-Soliwoda, Katarzyna, Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7754594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33353560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04453-z

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