Effect of topical dexamethasone and ciprofloxacin on bacterial flora of healthy conjunctiva

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-252

  Ermis, S Samet ^a,b   Aktepe, O C ^a   Inan, U U ^a   Ozturk, F ^a   Altindis, M ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dervispasa Mah Pirireis Sk   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Conjunctival flora; Dexamethasone; Healthy conjunctiva

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; TEARS NATURALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROTEUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 1842535260     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700631     Document Type: Article

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