Molecular and microbiological evidence of bacterial contamination of intraocular lenses commonly used in canine cataract surgery

Kourtney K. Dowler; Aida Vientós-Plotts; Elizabeth A. Giuliano; Zachary L. McAdams; Carol R. Reinero; Aaron C. Ericsson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0277753

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Molecular and microbiological evidence of bacterial contamination of intraocular lenses commonly used in canine cataract surgery

Kourtney K. Dowler,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5309-4245

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Aida Vientós-Plotts,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Elizabeth A. Giuliano,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Zachary L. McAdams,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapeutics Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2883-507X

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Carol R. Reinero,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Aaron C. Ericsson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ericssona@missouri.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3053-7269

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Molecular and microbiological evidence of bacterial contamination of intraocular lenses commonly used in canine cataract surgery

Kourtney K. Dowler,
Aida Vientós-Plotts,
Elizabeth A. Giuliano,
Zachary L. McAdams,
Carol R. Reinero,
Aaron C. Ericsson

Published: November 21, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277753

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