Abstract：
:We undertook an in vitro investigation of the role of the design of the eyedrop dispenser in bacterial contamination. The nozzle tips of pipette and squeeze bottles containing Fluress (pH 5.0) were inoculated with 10 microliter of an ocular isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.5 X 10(5) bacteria/ml). Cultures of single drops of ophthalmic solution (25-microliter drops from each pipette bottle and 40-microliter drops from each squeeze bottle) were done one minute, 15 minutes, one hour, two hours, and 24 hours after inoculation. Swabs from the inside of the caps of the eyedrop bottles were also cultured at similar intervals. No bacteria were recovered from either dispenser type after one hour. Swabbings from the caps of the pipette bottles showed no growth within minutes after inoculation, but swabbings from the caps of the squeeze bottles consistently yielded bacteria for 24 hours. We suggest that the cap of the squeeze bottle serves as a potential reservoir for bacterial contamination whereas direct contact of microorganisms with the preservative in an ophthalmic solution by the use of a pipette-type dispenser decreases the risk of microbial contamination and growth.
journal_name
Am J Ophthalmoljournal_title
American journal of ophthalmologyauthors
Coad CT,Osato MS,Wilhelmus KRdoi
10.1016/0002-9394(84)90238-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-11-01 00:00:00pages
548-51issue
5eissn
0002-9394issn
1879-1891pii
0002-9394(84)90238-1journal_volume
98pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:To assess the efficacy and safety of twice-daily administration of nedocromil sodium 2% ophthalmic solution, we performed a multicenter study involving 140 patients with seasonal allergic conjunctivitis. Subjects had a history of seasonal allergic conjunctivitis and positive results of a skin test to ragweed. The tria...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(14)75754-x
更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：:In 29 experiments, vascular autologous retina from the contralateral rabbit eye was implanted into corneal pockets in New Zealand white rabbits. The implants induced a neovascular growth of limbal vessels that anastomosed with the vessels of the implant in 15 of the cases. Implantation of vascular autologous iris, cho...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(80)90116-6
更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We examined a patient who had syphilitic perioptic neuritis, a rarely diagnosed inflammation of the sheaths of the optic nerves that may be confused with papilledema caused by brain tumor or pseudotumor cerebri. The visual acuity was typically normal, and the only visual-field abnormality was enlargement of the blind ...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(81)90298-1
更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To report a patient with ocular ischemic syndrome due to an internal carotid artery stenosis in whom we confirmed improved retinal blood flow noninvasively after carotid endarterectomy. DESIGN:Observational case report. METHODS:Retinal flowmetry. RESULTS:In a 72-year-old hypertensive man with a transient isc...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01531-3
更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the characteristics of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) in patients with previous laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and compare them to RD in patients with previous laser assisted subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) and myopic patients with no previous refractive surgery. DESIGN:Retrospec...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2013.12.004
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To study the clinicopathologic features of an untreated macular hole in the right eye and a macular hole in the left eye treated by vitrectomy, application of transforming growth factor-beta 2, and gas tamponade. METHODS:The patient, a 73-year-old man with bilateral macular holes, was studied clinically before...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70382-4
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the ability of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) to induce growth of neuronal processes in cultured trigeminal ganglion cells, and to accelerate neurite outgrowth and recovery of corneal sensitivity after creation of a corneal flap in a rabbit model of laser-assisted in situ...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2006.10.034
更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Holes of the peripheral retina, defined as full-thickness breaks of trophic origin with no associated flap or free operculum, were found in 136 (2.4%) eyes from 2,800 autopsied subjects. Primary retinal holes (those with no indication of a proximal causative lesion and with no lattice degeneration in either eye) occur...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(78)90239-8
更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A patient had corneal infection with Staphylococcus aureus after keratoplasty from tissue preserved in McCarey-Kaufman medium. The small, successfully treated corneal infection was from the same organism cultured from the tissue culture medium at the time of transplantation. Possible sources of donor-tissue contaminat...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(79)90755-4
更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the relationship between intraretinal macular hemorrhage and visual acuity outcomes in eyes with central retinal vein occlusion or hemiretinal vein occlusion managed with aflibercept, bevacizumab, or observation. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of data from 2 randomized clinical trials. METHODS:A...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2020.08.030
更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the role of muscular degeneration, we evaluated the correlation between ptosis severity and levator muscle function. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. METHODS:The medical records of 136 patients (53 men and 83 women; mean age, 67 years) with acquired blepharoptosis were reviewed for levator functio...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2008.02.002
更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A brother and sister, born to consanguineous parents, had pigmentary retinopathy in a pericentral distribution. The retinopathy was noted in infancy when the siblings were examined for strabismus. The optic disks, maculae, and retinal vessels were normal. There was mild reduction in amplitude of both scotopic and phot...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(88)90584-3
更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00
abstract：:We studied the behavior of intraocular pressure in glaucoma suspects randomly selected to receive either topical timolol or no treatment over the course of a long-term prospective follow-up study. All patients who after six years of follow-up showed no localized field defects or disk changes, or whose pressures were n...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(89)90490-x
更新日期：1989-05-15 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:We present two cases with early macular holes (MH) complicated by retinoschisis and foveal detachment (RSFD). DESIGN:Case reports. CASE REPORT:A 46-year-old woman and a 70-year-old woman, both with high myopia, presented visual loss and a small MH associated with RSFD. Vitrectomy and gas tamponade were perfor...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(03)00319-2
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We examined two patients who had sudden decrease in vision after intranasal cocaine or methamphetamine abuse. A 38-year-old woman with a history of systemic arterial hypertension developed a central retinal artery occlusion four hours after intranasal use of cocaine. A 26-year-old woman had blurred vision and intraret...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(14)73979-0
更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the motivations, expectations, and other factors men with X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) consider when making decisions to participate in an early phase ocular gene therapy clinical trial. DESIGN:Qualitative interview study. METHODS:Men with XLRS who were considering participation in a phase I/IIa ...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2019.03.009
更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:We sought to assess the correlation of corneal endothelial cell (CEC) density to alterations of collagen composition of Descemet membrane (DM) in advanced Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) and to image such changes by slit-lamp biomicroscopy in vivo. DESIGN:Prospective, observational consecutive case ...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2020.09.030
更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To assess photoreceptor integrity in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and related diseases using ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography (UHR-OCT) and to correlate foveal photoreceptor loss with visual acuity. DESIGN:Observational case series. METHODS:Nine eyes of nine patients with RP and r...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2006.07.024
更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Nerve fiber counts of 16 normal human optic nerves from subjects aged 3.5 to 82 years showed a significant effect of age (P = .0207). The delay between death or enucleation and fixation also significantly affected the result (P = .0078). The mean (+/- S.E.M.) count for the 16 nerves was 1,244,005 +/- 20,033 fibers, gi...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(84)90509-9
更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To describe intentional placement of intraocular lens haptics in the ciliary sulcus of patients with uveitis who are at high risk for postoperative posterior synechiae and lens dislocation. METHODS:We reviewed our experience with 16 eyes of 12 patients with uveitis who underwent cataract surgery with ciliary s...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(99)00140-3
更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the relative distribution in the cornea of amyloid and (beta)ig-h3 gene product in lattice corneal dystrophy type IIIA (LCD-IIIA). METHODS:Serial sections from the cornea of a patient with LCD-IIIA were subjected to either Congo red staining or immunohistochemistry employing an antibody to (beta)ig-h...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(98)00360-2
更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this prospective evaluation of the reliability and efficiency of an optimized visual field screening protocol for glaucoma, we tested 145 eyes (73 patients) with increased intraocular pressures to determine the location of early glaucomatous visual field defects. The field examination, which was used as a control, ...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To report rapidly progressive rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis in a 47-year-old woman with both diabetes mellitus and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). METHOD:Case report including postmortem examination of the eyes, orbit, and brain of a patient with rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis, diabetes m...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70392-7
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the potential effect of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) (Avastin) on retinal function and anatomic recovery in eyes with choroidal neovascularization attributable to pathological myopia (mCNV). DESIGN:Retrospective case series. METHODS:setting: Institutional. patient population: Sixty-three eyes of 6...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2008.07.017
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To study the appearance of margins of geographic atrophy in high-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) images and to correlate those changes with fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging. DESIGN:Retrospective, observational case study. METHODS:Patients with geographic atrophy secondary to dry age-related...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2009.04.022
更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate postoperative corneal deturgescence after Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) using the Visante anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) system (Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc, Dublin, California, USA). DESIGN:Retrospective case series. METHODS:We included 21 eyes (9 males and 1...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2009.01.016
更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 50-year-old man who had been taking betamethasone for 20 days experienced a slight bilateral decrease in visual acuity. There were localized dark-gray atrophic lesions at the posterior pole, accompanied by a diffuse detachment of the sensory retina. The retinal vessels appeared to be normal and only minimal anterior...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(82)90526-8
更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Three cases of bacterial endophthalmitis following corneal transplantation resulted from suture abscesses that were initiated by loose or broken exposed sutures. Histopathologic examination clearly demonstrated that the infection gained access to the anterior chamber by following a deeply placed suture that traversed ...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9394(85)90217-x
更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Seven patients who had the complete form of mandibulofacial dysostosis were examined to determine the prevalence of nasolacrimal abnormalities. Bilateral inferior punctal atresia (and, by implication, accompanying inferior canalicular atresia) was identified in all seven patients; a 95% confidence interval for the tru...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70688-9
更新日期：1990-05-15 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for subfoveal neovascularization (SRNVM) in patients with group 2A Idiopathic Juxtafoveolar Telangiectasis (IJFT). DESIGN:Nonrandomized interventional case series. METHODS:We performed TTT for subfoveal SRNVM in 14 eyes of 13 patients w...
journal_title：American journal of ophthalmology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.ajo.2004.01.047
更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00
