Comparison of One-Day Versus One-Hour Application of Topical Gatifloxacin in Eliminating Conjunctival Bacterial Flora

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2013-2016

  Moss, Jason M ^a   Nguyen, David ^b   Liu, Yueyi I ^a   Singh, Kuldev ^a   Montague, Artis ^a   Egbert, Peter R ^a   Kaspar, Herminia Mino De ^a,c   Ta, Christopher N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GATIFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54949108951     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.06.024     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Ta C.N., Egbert P.R., Singh K., et al. Prospective randomized comparison of 3-day versus 1-hour preoperative ofloxacin prophylaxis for cataract surgery. Ophthalmology 109 (2002) 2036-2041
2. Masket S. Preventing, diagnosing, and treating endophthalmitis. J Cataract Refract Surg 24 (1998) 725-726
3. Wallin T., Parker J., Jin Y., et al. Cohort study of 27 cases of endophthalmitis at a single institution. J Cataract Refract Surg 31 (2005) 735-741
4. Levine C., Hiasa H., and Marians K.J. DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV: biochemical activities, physiological roles during chromosome replication, and drug sensitivities. Biochim Biophys Acta 1400 (1998) 29-43
5. Hiasa H., Yousef D.O., and Marians K.J. DNA strand cleavage is required for replication fork arrest by a frozen topoisomerase-quinolone-DNA ternary complex. J Biol Chem 271 (1996) 26424-26429
6. Rodeheaver G., Bellamy W., Kody M., et al. Bactericidal activity and toxicity of iodine-containing solutions in wounds. Arch Surg 117 (1982) 181-186
7. Kowalski R.P., Kowalski B.R., Romanowski E.G., et al. The in vitro impact of moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin concentration (0.5% vs 0.3%) and the addition of benzalkonium chloride on antibacterial efficacy. Am J Ophthalmol 142 (2006) 730-735
8. Isenberg S.J., Apt L., Yoshimori R., and Khwarg S. Chemical preparation of the eye in ophthalmic surgery. IV. Comparison of povidone-iodine on the conjunctiva with a prophylactic antibiotic. Arch Ophthalmol 103 (1985) 1340-1342
9. Grimes S.R., Mein C.E., and Trevino S. Preoperative antibiotic and povidone-iodine preparation of the eye. Ann Ophthalmol 23 (1991) 263-266