Effect of taurolidine on the normal eyelid and conjunctival flora

Current Eye Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 851-855

  Oguz, H ^a   Oguz, E ^a   Karadede, S ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Conjunctival flora; Eyelid flora; Taurolidine; Taurolin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EYE DROPS; GENTAMICIN; TAUROLIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG EVALUATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAURINE; THIADIAZINES;

EID: 0034466139     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.21.5.851.5540     Document Type: Article

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