The efficacy of postenucleation saline wash and the effect of different antimicrobial agents on microbial contamination of donor eyes

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 287-293

  Panda, Anita ^a   Saxena, Rohit ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a   Satpathy, Gita ^a   Angra, S K ^a   Sethi, Harinder Singh ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial solutions; Donor eye contamination; Saline wash

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GRAMICIDIN; NEOMYCIN; NEOSPORIN; POLYMYXIN B; POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENUCLEATION; EYE; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECONTAMINATION; EYE; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33749371318     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095772     Document Type: Article

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