In vitro antibiotic susceptibility of preoperative normal conjunctival bacteria

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-560

  Ta, C N ^a   He, L ^a   Mino De Kaspar, H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Conjunctiva; Fluoroquinolones; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SURGERY;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIA; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 62549122873     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.65     Document Type: Article

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