Intraocular penetration of vancomycin eye drops after application to the medial canthus with closed lids

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 300-302

  Alster, Yair ^a   Herlin, Limor ^a   Lazar, Moshe ^a   Loewenstein, Anat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYELID; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPINE POSITION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0034059710     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.3.300     Document Type: Article

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