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BACTERIAL FLORA IN RELATION TO CATARACT EXTRACTION
Author(s) -
FAHMY J. A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1980.tb08298.x
Subject(s) - neomycin , bacitracin , antibiotics , polymyxin , gentamicin , oxytetracycline , chloramphenicol , flora (microbiology) , medicine , polymyxin b , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics
In a randomized study comprising 60 patients, six different prophylactic regimens were evaluated for their effectiveness in eradicating bacteria on the conjunctivas before surgery. Gentamicin sulfate ophthalmic solution was the only antibiotic able to eliminate bacteria in almost all of the examined patients. The other drugs (chloramphenicol solution, oxytetracycline‐polymyxin B ointment, sulphamethizole, bacitracin‐neomycin and ristocetin‐polymyxin B solutions) were not effective, although most of the isolated strains were sensitive to the respective antibiotics, probably because of the short treatment period (18 h). The problem of prophylactic therapy in ophthalmology is discussed, and some guide lines are given.