Cytotoxicity of five fluoroquinolone and two nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory benzalkonium chloride-free ophthalmic solutions in four corneoconjunctival cell lines

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1019-1024

  Ayaki, Masahiko ^a   Iwasawa, Atsuo ^b   Soda, Mitsutaka ^c   Yaguchi, Shigeo ^c   Koide, Ryohei ^d  

^a SAITAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Showa University Fujigaoka Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

^d SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornea; Eye; Preservative; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BROMFENAC; BRONUCK; CEFMENOXIME; DIBEKACIN; DICLOD; DICLOFENAC; FLUMETHORON; FLUOROMETHORONE; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEOMYCIN; NOFLO; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORFLOXACIN; PRANOPROFEN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOSUFLOXACIN TOSILATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LINE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; COW; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RABBIT;

EID: 77956117910     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S12452     Document Type: Article

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