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Fimbrolide-Coated Antimicrobial Lenses: Their In Vitro and In Vivo Effects.Zhu H, Kumar A, Ozkan J, Bandara R, Ding A, Perera I, Steinberg P, Kumar N, Lao W, Griesser SS, Britcher L, Griesser HJ, Willcox MD Institute for Eye Research (HZ, AK, JO, RB, AD, IP, MDPW), Vision CRC (HZ, AK, JO, MDPW), School of Optometry and Vision Science (HZ, MDPW), School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (PS), School of Chemistry (NK, WL), University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, New South Wales, Australia (SSG, LB, HJG). PURPOSE.: To examine the ability of contact lenses coated with fimbrolides, inhibitors of bacterial quorum sensing, to prevent microbial adhesion and their safety during short-term clinical assessment. METHODS.: A fimbrolide was covalently attached to commercially available high Dk contact lenses. Subsequently Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Serratia marcescens, or Acanthamoeba sp. were added to the lenses and control uncoated contact lenses. Lenses plus microbes were incubated for 24 h, then washed thoroughly to remove non-adherent microbes. Lenses were macerated and resulting slurry plated onto agar plates. After appropriate incubation, the numbers of colony forming units of bacteria (or numbers of Acanthamoeba trophozoites measured using a hemocytometer) from fimbrolide-coated and uncoated lenses were examined. A Guinea Pig model of lens wear was used to assess the safety of lenses worn on a continuous basis for 1 month. In a separate study, 10 subjects wore fimbrolide-coated lenses for 24 h. The responses of the Guinea Pigs and human volunteers to the lenses were assessed by slit lamp examination. RESULTS.: The fimbrolides-coated lenses reduced the adhesion of all bacterial strains tested, with reductions occurring of between 67 and 92%. For Acanthamoeba a reduction of 70% was seen. There were no significant differences in ocular responses to fimbrolide-coated lenses compared with controls in either the 1 month animal model or overnight human trial. CONCLUSIONS.: Fimbrolide-coated lenses show promise as an antibacterial and anti-acanthamoebal coating on contact lenses and appear to be safe when worn on the eye in an animal model. Published 8 May 2008 in Optom Vis Sci, 85(5): 292-300.
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