Common Bacterial Isolates From Infected Eyes
Journal of the Nigerian Optometric Association, 2010 The common bacterial isolates and their antibiotics susceptibility were studied in 298 bacterial eye infected cases, consisting of 35 blepharitis, 208 conjunctivitis and 55 keratitis. The results yielded 333 bacterial isolates with the implicated bacteria in decreasing order of frequency as Staphylococcus aureus 80(23.70%), Staphylococcus albus 65(19 ...
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International Journal of Microbiology, 2020 Eye infections caused by bacteria are a serious public health problem among pediatric patients. These diseases, if not properly treated, can cause blindness and impaired vision.
Francesco Petrillo +9 more
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Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND\ud \ud The Kagera region of north western Tanzania has a rich culture of traditional medicine use and practice. Traditional medicines are the mainstay of healthcare in this region and are known to support the management of many illnesses such ...
Moshi, Mainen J +2 more
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External Infections of the Eye; Bacterial, Viral, and Mycotic
JAMA, 1964 This book satisfied a long-standing need for a text on ocular microbiology written in English. Heretofore, ophthalmologists, residents, and medical students have had to rely on lecture notes, a few manuals, or scant information from general ophthalmology texts.
Albert M. Potts, Leonard Apt
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Conjunctival bacterial and fungal flora in healthy donkeys in Central Italy [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction - The normal eye microflora is composed of several species of fungi and bacteria. If the ocular defense barriers become weak, they can act as pathogens and cause infections.
ATTILI, Annarita +5 more
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A five year outbreak of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus phage type 53,85 in a regional neonatal unit [PDF]
, 2000 We identified a 5-year outbreak of a methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) strain, affecting 202 babies on a neonatal unit, by routine weekly phage typing all S. aureus isolates.
Denton, M. +9 more
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New Aspects of the Antibiotics Use in Ophthalmology: the View of a Clinical Pharmacologist
OftalʹmologiâFor infectious and inflammatory eye lesions, the main methods of controlling pathogens include antibacterial agents of various classes and antiseptics.
G. Yu. Knorring
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Moxifloxacin releasing intraocular implant based on a cross-linked hyaluronic acid membrane
Scientific Reports, 2021 Intraocular antibiotic delivery is an important technique to prevent bacterial infection after ophthalmic surgery, such as cataract surgery. Conventional drug delivery methods, such as antibiotic eye drops, have limitations for intraocular drug delivery ...
Dong Ju Kim +6 more
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Therapeutic potential of Bacillus phage lysin PlyB in ocular infections
mSphere, 2023 Bacteriophage lytic enzymes (i.e., phage lysins) are a trending alternative for general antibiotics to combat growing antimicrobial resistance. Gram-positive Bacillus cereus causes one of the most severe forms of intraocular infection, often resulting in
Md Huzzatul Mursalin +6 more
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Seroepidemiological studies of herpesvirus-associated diseases of marine turtles: Fibropapillomatosis and lung-eye-trachea disease [PDF]
, 2001 We have developed immunological tests that can identify marine turtles in Florida (green and loggerhead) that have been exposed to the LETV herpesvirus.
Jacobson, Elliott, Klein, Paul A.
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