Application of 10% povidone iodine reduces conjunctival bacterial contamination rate in patients undergoing cataract surgery

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-546

  Nentwich, Martin M ^a   Rajab, Mohammed ^a   Ta, Christopher N ^b   He, Lisa ^b   Grueterich, Martin ^a   Haritoglou, Christos ^a   Gandorfer, Arnd ^a   Kampik, Anselm ^a   De Kaspar, Herminia Mino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Conjunctival flora; Microbiology; Povidone iodine; Preoperative prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

NEOMYCIN; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE LAVAGE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MORNING DOSAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863770629     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/ejo.5000093     Document Type: Article

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