Importance of Lid Hygiene Before Ocular Surgery: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Eyelid and Conjunctiva Microbiota [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a cleansing eyelid wipe in reducing the microbiota present on the ocular surface before cataract surgery.
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Treatment as required versus regular monthly treatment in the management of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2015 Background: To investigate whether treatment as required ‘pro re nata’ (PRN) versus regular monthly treatment regimens lead to differences in outcomes in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).
Agostini, Hansjuergen +7 more
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Exogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis: Clues to Aspergillus Aetiology with a Pharmacological Perspective
Microorganisms, 2020 Exogenous fungal endophthalmitis (EXFE) represents a rare complication after penetrating ocular trauma of previously unresolved keratitis or iatrogenic infections, following intraocular surgery such as cataract surgery.
Tommaso Lupia +10 more
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Phage therapy: An alternative to antibiotics in the age of multi-drug resistance. [PDF]
, 2017 The practice of phage therapy, which uses bacterial viruses (phages) to treat bacterial infections, has been around for almost a century. The universal decline in the effectiveness of antibiotics has generated renewed interest in revisiting this practice.
Koskella, Britt, Lin, Derek, Lin, Henry
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Pediatric Glaucoma: a literature's review and analysis of surgical results [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this paper is to review the surgical options available for the management of pediatric glaucoma, to evaluate their advantages and disadvantages together with their long-term efficacy, all with the intent to give guidelines to physicians on
IACOVELLO, DANIELA +4 more
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A rare case of Lecythophora endogenous endophthalmitis: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 Fungal endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) secondary to contaminated intravenous fluid infusion is frequently seen in developing countries. Molds and yeasts are commonly implicated as the causative agents.
Mohit Dogra +3 more
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BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background The usefulness of povidone-iodine as an alternative to antimicrobial agents, for endophthalmitis, has recently been documented. We report a case of endogenous endophthalmitis successfully treated with intravitreal injection of povidone-iodine.
Hiroki Tanaka +3 more
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Direct susceptibility testing by disk diffusion on clinical samples : a rapid and accurate tool for antibiotic stewardship [PDF]
, 2015 We compared the accuracy of direct susceptibility testing (DST) with conventional antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), both using disk diffusion, on clinical samples.
Boelens, Jerina +2 more
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Six months follow up of a single intravitreal injection of ocriplasmin for symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and the safety of the enzymatic vitreolysis with a single intravitreal injection of ocriplasmin 125 μg across a group of patients with symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (sVMA) during 6 months follow up.
GUZZO, Anna Santa +6 more
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Genomic and phenotypic diversity of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from endophthalmitis.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Enterococcus faecalis are hospital-associated opportunistic pathogens and also causative agents of post-operative endophthalmitis. Patients with enterococcal endophthalmitis often have poor visual outcomes, despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. Here we
Gayatri Shankar Chilambi +7 more
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