PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE TREATMENT OF HYPOPYON ULCER BY CRYSTALLINE PENICILLIN IN ADRENALIN IN DOSES IN EXCESS OF 50,000 UNITS INJECTED BY SUBCONJUNCTIVAL OR RETROBULBAR ROUTES

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1 December 1948

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology

Vol. 32 (12) , 878-881
https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.32.12.878

Abstract

Subconjunctival penicillin (500,000 U.in 0.5 ml. 1: 1000 epinephrin admd. 24-hourly is as potent in the treatment of hypopyon ulceration as smaller but more frequent doses, e.g., 50,000 U. 6-hourly. The eye tolerates the larger dose well. Retrobulbar injn. of penicillin in similar doses is of value although probably less efficient than by the subconjunctival route.

Keywords

EYES/ULCERS
PENICILLIN/THERAPY

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