Intracameral Vigamox® (moxifloxacin 0.5%) is non-toxic and effective in preventing endophthalmitis in a rabbit model

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 497.e1-497.e11

  Kowalski, Regis P ^a   Romanowski, Eric G ^b   Mah, Francis S ^b   Yates, Kathleen A ^b   Gordon, Y Jerold ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOXIFLOXACIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EYE DROPS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLIT LAMP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; INJECTIONS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; QUINOLINES; RABBITS; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 24044452642     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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