CONTACT EYE CUP FOR CORNEAL BATHS WITH SOLUTIONS OF PENICILLIN
- 1 February 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 35 (2) , 173-175
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1946.00890200178010
Abstract
THE value of local applications of solutions of penicillin in the treatment of certain inflammatory diseases of the eye is now generally recognized. Experimental and clinical evidence has shown this to be particularly true in cases of diseases of the anterior segment of the globe.1Experimentally, in cases of this type relatively high concentrations of penicillin in the cornea, conjunctiva, sclera, aqueous, iris and ciliary body and small amounts in the vitreous can be built up by use of the corneal bath and by subconjunctival injection.2High degrees of penetration of penicillin have also been attained with iontophoresis.3 It has been our experience that administration of penicillin as eye drops by simple instillation will effect the prompt cure of the acute inflammatory diseases of the conjunctiva caused by penicillin-sensitive organisms.2In the treatment of corneal ulcers, however, particularly in cases in which the deeper layersKeywords
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- PENICILLIN AND SULFADIAZINE IN THE TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL INTRAOCULAR INFECTIONS WITH STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND CLOSTRIDIUM WELCHIIArchives of Ophthalmology (1950), 1944