Research Article
Comparison of the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Various Contact Lens Solutions to Inhibit the Growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus
Table 1
Colony counts per solution per time interval for Staphylococcus aureus.
| Time | Biotrue | Aquasoft | Opti-Free Replenish | Control: saline |
| Zero | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 10 minutes | 33,400 | 12,000 | 37,200 | 100,000 | 30 minutes | 9500 | 8800 | 11,600 | 100,000 | Two hours | 0 | 6200 | 2800 | 100,000 | Four hours | 0 | 0 | 2200 | 100,000 | Six hours | 0 | 0 | 1800 | 100,000 |
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