Comparison of corneal surface effects of gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin using intensive and prolonged dosing protocols

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-71

  Herrygers, Lisa A ^a   Noecker, Robert J ^a,b   Lane, Lisa C ^a   Levine, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal surface damage; Gatifloxacin; Moxifloxacin

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; ENUCLEATION; EYE TOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AZA COMPOUNDS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; QUINOLINES; RABBITS;

EID: 11144222541     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000134182.09569.e1     Document Type: Article

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