Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9570

Research Article - (2015) Volume 6, Issue 3

Corneal Penetration of Polyhexamethylene Biguanide and Chlorhexidine Digluconate

Susanne F Vontobel1,4, Eva M Abad-Villar2, Claude Kaufmann1,4, Annelies S Zinkernagel3, Peter C Hauser2 and Michael A Thiel1,4*
1Department of Ophthalmology, Frauenklinikstrasse 24, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
2Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, 4056 Basel, Lucerne-16, Switzerland
3Division of Infectious Diseases, Rämistrasse 100, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
4Department of Ophthalmology, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland
*Corresponding Author: Michael A Thiel, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, CH-6000 Lucerne-16, Switzerland, Tel: +41 41 205 3302, Fax: +41 41 205 3404 Email:

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