A prospective study determining the efficacy of topical 0.5% levofloxacin on bacterial flora of patients with chronic blepharoconjunctivitis

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 993-998

  Yactayo Miranda, Yazmin ^a   Ta, Christopher N ^b   He, Lisa ^b   Kreutzer, Thomas C ^a   Nentwich, Martin M ^a   Kampik, Anselm ^a   Mino de Kaspar, Herminia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharitis; Blepharoconjunctivitis; Conjunctival flora; Fluoroquinolones; Levofloxacin

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEPHARITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLEPHARITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349133118     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1039-0     Document Type: Article

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