Levofloxacin disposition over time in aqueous humor of patients undergoing cataract surgery

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2554-2557

  Pea, Federico ^a   Ferrari, Ettore ^a,b   Pavan, Federica ^a   Roman Pognuz, Derri ^a   Bandello, Francesco ^a   Furlanut, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Palmanova   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19544372449     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.6.2554-2557.2005     Document Type: Article

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