Iontophoretic treatment of experimental pseudomonas keratitis in rabbit eyes using gentamicin-loaded hydrogels

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1182-1186

  Frucht Pery, Joseph ^a   Raiskup, Frederik ^a   Mechoulam, Hadas ^a   Shapiro, Mervyn ^a   Eljarrat Binstock, Esther ^b   Domb, Abraham ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cornea; Gentamicin; Hydrogel; Iontophoresis; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; EYE DROPS; GENTAMICIN; LOCALIN; OXYBUPROCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; HYDROGEL; IONTOPHORESIS; KERATITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBIT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HYDROGELS; IONTOPHORESIS; KERATITIS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RABBITS;

EID: 33845754417     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000243959.14651.18     Document Type: Article

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