In vitro antibiotic susceptibilities of ocular bacteria isolates from the cornea and conjunctiva to moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin and other fluoroquinolones Testes de sensibilidade antimicrobiana de bactérias isoladas da córnea e da conjuntiva à moxifloxacina, gatifloxacina e outras fluoroquinolonas

In vitro antibiotic susceptibilities of ocular bacteria isolates from the cornea and conjunctiva to moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin and other fluoroquinolones Testes de sensibilidade antimicrobiana de bactérias isoladas da córnea e da conjuntiva à moxifloxacina, gatifloxacina e outras fluoroquinolonas

PURPOSE: To assess and compare the in vitro susceptibility of ocular bacterial isolates to fluoroquinolones, including moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin. METHODS: A total of 154 bacterial ocular isolates from keratitis and conjunctivitis were tested for sensitivity to the studied antibiotics, using the...

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Main Authors: Ana Luisa Höfling-Lima, Rubens Belfort Jr, Cecília Tobias Aguiar Moeller, Bruno Castelo Branco, Luciene Barbosa de Sousa, Denise de Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2004-12-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Subjects:
Quinolonas
Resistência microbianas a drogas
Infecções oculares bacterianas
Testes de sensibilidade microbiana
Córnea
Conjuntiva
Quinolones
Drug resistance
microbial
Eye infections
Microbial sensitivity tests
Cornea
Conjunctiva
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