Vancomycin prophylaxis and intraocular contamination during cataract surgery.
J Cataract Refract Surg
; 23(6): 894-7, 1997.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To investigate the effect of vancomycin added to the intraocular irrigation solution to prevent anterior chamber contamination during phacoemulsification.SETTING:
Centre Hospitalier, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France.METHODS:
A group of 372 patients having cataract extraction by phacoemulsification was divided into two consecutive, nonrandomized groups. The first group (n = 190) was a control; there was no antibiotic in the irrigation solution. The second group (n = 182) received vancomycin in the irrigation solution. Intraocular fluid was aspirated at the end of surgery and injected into a blood culture bottle to evaluate bacterial contamination of the anterior chamber.RESULTS:
There was no between-group difference in bacterial intraocular contamination. Eight samples in the first group were contaminated and nine in the second group. All contaminants were gram-positive vancomycin-sensitive organisms.CONCLUSIONS:
Adding vancomycin to the intraocular irrigation solution during cataract surgery had no effect on the occurrence of intraocular contamination as evaluated by anterior chamber taps.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Vancomicina
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Contaminación de Equipos
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Facoemulsificación
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Profilaxis Antibiótica
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Lentes Intraoculares
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Cataract Refract Surg
Asunto de la revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia