Microbiological screening of hypothermic preserved donor corneas in keratoplasty.

CONCLUSIONS: The causes of donor corneal contamination are multifactorial. The antibiotic resistance rate of contaminating microbes seems to be increasing. Whether antibiotic usage in storage medium and postoperative prophylaxis should be updated accordingly warrants further investigation.
PMID: 31064234 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Eye Research - May 6, 2019 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Li S, Zhong J, Tan Y, Deng Y, Huang H, Wang B, Peng L, Zhang H, Yuan J Tags: Curr Eye Res Source Type: research