Highly efficient degradation of ofloxacin by UV/Oxone/Co(2+) oxidation process.
CONCLUSIONS: Mineralization of the process was investigated by measuring the total organic carbon (TOC), and the TOC decreased by 87.0% after 60Â min. This process could be used as a pretreatment method for wastewater containing ofloxacin.
PMID: 22072118 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International)
Ophthalmic Antibiotic Use and Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis: A Controlled, Longitudinal Study
Purpose: To analyze the emergence of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis after repeated conjunctival exposure to topical macrolide or fluoroquinolone antibiotics.Design: Prospective, controlled, longitudinal study with 1-year follow-up.Participants: Forty-eight eyes of 24 patients undergoing serial unilateral intravitreal (IVT) injections for choroidal neovascularization.Methods: Subjects received 4 consecutive monthly unilateral IVT injections and then were treated as needed. Each subject was assigned randomly to 1 of 4 antibiotics (azithromycin 1%, gatifloxacin 0.3%, moxifloxacin 0.5%, ofloxacin 0.3%) and used only their assigned antibiotic after each injection. Conjunctival culture specimens of the treated and untreated fellow eye (control) were obtained at baseline and after...
