Honey prophylaxis reduces the risk of endophthalmitis during perioperative period of eye surgery

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-616

  Cernak, Martin ^a   Majtanova, Nora ^a   Cernak, Andrej ^a   Majtan, Juraj ^a,b  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

antibacterial; cataract; honey; honeydew

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE PROTECTION; HONEY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PILOT STUDY; PROTEUS; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; VITRECTOMY;

ABIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRUG EVALUATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HONEY; HUMANS; OFLOXACIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PILOT PROJECTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VITRECTOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84859603033     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3606     Document Type: Article

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