The effectiveness of tobramycin and Ocuflox® in a prophylaxis model of Staphylococcus keratitis

Current Eye Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 60-63

  Dajcs, Joseph J ^a   Moreau, Judy M ^a   Stroman, David W ^a   Schlech, B A ^a   Ke, T L ^a   Thibodeaux, Brett A ^a   Girgis, Dalia O ^a   Caballero, Armando R ^a   O'Callaghan, Richard J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratitis; Ocular therapy; Ofloxacin; Staphylococcus aureus; Tobramycin

Indexed keywords

DODECYL MALTOSIDE; DRUG VEHICLE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; OFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORNEAL STROMA; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; KERATITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 0036257423     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.23.1.60.5417     Document Type: Article

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