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2021, 'CLEAR - Contact lens wettability, cleaning, disinfection and interactions with tears', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 44, pp. 157 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.02.004
,2021, 'CLEAR - Effect of contact lens materials and designs on the anatomy and physiology of the eye', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 44, pp. 192 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.02.006
,2021, 'Contact Lens Evidence-Based Academic Reports (CLEAR)', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 44, pp. 129 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.02.011
,2021, 'Developing evidence-based guidance for the treatment of dry eye disease with artificial tear supplements: A six-month multicentre, double-masked randomised controlled trial', Ocular Surface, 20, pp. 62 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2020.12.006
,2021, 'Development of antibiotic resistance in the ocular Pseudomonas aeruginosa clone ST308 over twenty years', Experimental Eye Research, 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2021.108504
,2021, 'American Academy of Optometry Microbial Keratitis Think Tank', Optometry and Vision Science, 98, pp. 182 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000001664
,2021, 'Novel seleno-and thio-urea-containing dihydropyrrol-2-one analogues as antibacterial agents', Antibiotics, 10, pp. 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10030321
,2021, 'A systematic review of intracellular microorganisms within acanthamoeba to understand potential impact for infection', Pathogens, 10, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020225
,2021, 'Risk Factors for Contact Lens-Related Microbial Keratitis and Associated Vision Loss in a South Indian Population', Eye and Contact Lens, 47, pp. 118 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICL.0000000000000737
,2021, 'Effect of hydrothermal hot-compression method on the antimicrobial performance of green building materials from heterogeneous cellulose wastes', Journal of Cleaner Production, 280, pp. 124377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124377
,2021, 'A method for studying lipid adsorption to silicone hydrogel contact lenses', Biofouling, 37, pp. 862 - 878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2021.1978433
,2021, 'Antimicrobial resistance of ocular microbes and the role of antimicrobial peptides', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 104, pp. 295 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cxo.13125
,2021, 'Bacterial contamination of intravitreal needles by the ocular surface microbiome', Ocular Surface, 19, pp. 169 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2020.05.010
,2021, 'Effect of antimicrobial contact lenses on corneal infiltrative events: A randomized clinical trial', Translational Vision Science and Technology, 10, pp. 32 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.10.7.32
,2020, 'Hybrid engineered dental composites by multiscale reinforcements with chitosan-integrated halloysite nanotubes and S-glass fibers', Composites Part B: Engineering, 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108448
,2020, 'Investigating domestic shower settings as a risk factor for acanthamoeba keratitis', Water (Switzerland), 12, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12123493
,2020, 'Acquired fluoroquinolone resistance genes in corneal isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 85, pp. 104574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104574
,2020, 'Poly-ε-Lysine or Mel4 Antimicrobial Surface Modification on a Novel Peptide Hydrogel Bandage Contact Lens', Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202001232
,2020, 'A new era of antibiotics: The clinical potential of antimicrobial peptides', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21197047
,2020, 'Immuno-pathogenesis of nCOVID-19 and a possible host-directed therapy including anti-inflammatory and anti-viral prostaglandin (PG J
2020, 'TFOS European Ambassador meeting: Unmet needs and future scientific and clinical solutions for ocular surface diseases', Ocular Surface, 18, pp. 936 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2020.05.006
,2020, 'Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of biphenylglyoxamide-based small molecular antimicrobial peptide mimics as antibacterial agents', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, pp. 1 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21186789
,2020, 'Activity of Antimicrobial Peptides and Ciprofloxacin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms', Molecules, 25, pp. 3843, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25173843
,2020, 'Antibiotic resistance characteristics of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from keratitis in Australia and India', Antibiotics, 9, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9090600
,2020, 'Multifunctional marine bio-additive with synergistic effect for non-toxic flame-retardancy and anti-microbial performance', Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 25, pp. e00199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2020.e00199
,2020, 'A Comparative Study on the Diagnostic Utility of Corneal Confocal Microscopy and Tear Neuromediator Levels in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy', Current Eye Research, 45, pp. 921 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2019.1705984
,2020, 'Bacterial biofilm in silver-impregnated contact lens cases', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43, pp. 408 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2019.11.004
,2020, 'High Fluence Increases the Antibacterial Efficacy of PACK Cross-Linking', Cornea, 39, pp. 1020 - 1026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0000000000002335
,2020, 'Effect of Eyelid Treatments on Bacterial Load and Lipase Activity in Relation to Contact Lens Discomfort', Eye and Contact Lens, 46, pp. 245 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICL.0000000000000673
,2020, 'The Antimicrobial Activity of Multipurpose Disinfecting Solutions in the Presence of Different Organic Soils', Eye and Contact Lens, 46, pp. 201 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ICL.0000000000000694
,2020, 'The ocular surface, coronaviruses and COVID-19', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 103, pp. 418 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cxo.13088
,2020, 'The COVID-19 pandemic: Important considerations for contact lens practitioners', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43, pp. 196 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2020.03.012
,2020, 'Thirty years of ‘quiet eye’ with etafilcon A contact lenses', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43, pp. 285 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2020.03.015
,2020, 'The Effect of Age, Gender and Body Mass Index on Tear Film Neuromediators and Corneal Nerves', Current Eye Research, 45, pp. 411 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02713683.2019.1666998
,2020, 'Active loading graphite/hydroxyapatite into the stable hydroxyethyl cellulose scaffold nanofibers for artificial cornea application', Cellulose, 27, pp. 3319 - 3334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-02999-w
,2020, 'Susceptibility of contact lens-related pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis isolates to multipurpose disinfecting solutions, disinfectants, and antibiotics', Translational Vision Science and Technology, 9, pp. 2 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.9.5.2
,2020, 'The role of staphopain a in Staphylococcus aureus keratitis', Experimental Eye Research, 193, pp. 107994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2020.107994
,2020, 'Erratum to ‘Association of corneal nerve loss with markers of axonal ion channel dysfunction in type 1 diabetes’. (Clinical Neurophysiology (2020) 131(1) (145–154), (S1388245719312726), (10.1016/j.clinph.2019.09.029))', Clinical Neurophysiology, 131, pp. 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.01.001
,2020, 'Mechanism of Action of Surface Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptides Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa', Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, pp. 3053, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03053
,2020, 'Antibiotics and Microbial Keratitis: Do We Need to Test for Resistance?', Eye and Contact Lens, 46, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/icl.0000000000000682
,2020, 'Association of corneal nerve loss with markers of axonal ion channel dysfunction in type 1 diabetes', Clinical Neurophysiology, 131, pp. 145 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2019.09.029
,2020, 'Corneal nerve fiber loss in diabetes with chronic kidney disease', Ocular Surface, 18, pp. 178 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2019.11.010
,2020, 'Identification of novel in vitro antibacterial action of cloprostenol and evaluation of other non-antibiotics against multi-drug resistant A. baumannii', Journal of Antibiotics, 73, pp. 72 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41429-019-0244-2
,2020, 'Interaction of the surface bound antimicrobial peptides melimine and Mel4 with Staphylococcus aureus', Biofouling, 36, pp. 1019 - 1030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2020.1843638
,2020, 'The development of an antimicrobial contact lens – from the laboratory to the clinic', Current Protein and Peptide Science, 21, pp. 357 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203721666191231110453
,2020, 'Key considerations for contact lens practitioners during the coronavirus pandemic', Optician, 2020, pp. 8249 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/opti.2020.4.8249
,2019, 'Single Step Plasma Process for Covalent Binding of Antimicrobial Peptides on Catheters to Suppress Bacterial Adhesion', ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2, pp. 5739 - 5748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.9b00776
,2019, 'Biogeography of the human ocular microbiota', The Ocular Surface, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2018.11.005
,2019, 'Association study of single nucleotide polymorphisms in IL-10 and IL-17 genes with the severity of microbial keratitis', Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 42, pp. 658 - 661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2019.06.007
,2019, 'Author Correction: Comparative mode of action of the antimicrobial peptide melimine and its derivative Mel4 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Scientific Reports, (2019), 9, 1, (7063), 10.1038/s41598-019-42440-2)', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 13267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49307-6
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