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Antibiotic Use With Intravitreal Injection Unnecessary
As the number of intravitreal injection procedures increases, so will the incidence of injection-related complications, such as endophthalmitis. Attempting to reduce the rate of postinjection endophthalmitis with prophylactic antibiotics is unnecessary, and might even be counterproductive, according to a study presented here at the World Ophthalmology Congress 2012.
Scientists Develop Animal Model for TB-Related Blindness
Working with guinea pigs, tuberculosis experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have closely mimicked how active but untreated cases of the underlying lung infection lead to permanent eye damage and blindness in people. Lead study investigator and Johns Hopkins infectious disease specialist Petros Karakousis, MD, says the new animal model should hasten development of a badly needed, early diagnostic test for the condition.
Breakthrough In Treatment To Prevent Blindness
A UCSF study shows a popular treatment for a potentially blinding eye infection is just as effective if given every six months versus annually. This randomized study on trachoma, the leading cause of infection-caused blindness in the world, could potentially treat twice the number of patients using the same amount of medication...
New Method Attacks Bacterial Infections on Contact Lenses
Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have discovered a new method to fight bacterial infections associated with contact lenses. The method may also have applications for bacterial infections as...
Reduction of Anterior Chamber Contamination Using Repeated Betadine Irrigation
AJO: Surgeons irrigated the eye surface every 20 seconds with 0.25% Povidone-Iodine, and demonstrated zero (!) bacterial detection in the anterior chamber compared to controls (5%). No changes in corneal endothelium were found. It is not a stretch to say that endophthalmitis rates will be much lower- maybe even zero- if this cheap, easy method were employed. Hopefully a study will be conducted to prove this theory.
Teens Risking Blindness by Wearing Unprescribed ‘Circle’ Contacts
Trendy new contact lenses promised to make his brown eyes blue and huge. But when Lucas Dixon tried a pair of $20 contact lenses from an urban clothing store, he got far more. Within days, the 20-year-old Oklahoma City man awoke to swollen eyes and p...
Garamycin Ophthalmic Ointment Now Available from Fera Pharmaceuticals
Fera Pharmaceuticals announced the launch today of preservative free Garamycin (gentamicin sulfate) Ophthalmic Ointment USP. Providing an alternate gentamicin formulation, without preservatives, was an unmet need Fera was glad to fill. When Erythromy...
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