[Conjunctival bacterial flora after topical use of ciprofloxacin and gatifloxacin in cataract surgery].

نویسندگان

  • Tiago Eugênio Faria E Arantes
  • Célia Maria Machado Barbosa de Castro
  • Ronald Fonseca Cavalcanti
  • Maiara Santos Severo
  • Maria de Fátima Alves Diniz
  • Ricardo Walber de Deus Urtiga
چکیده

PURPOSE To evaluate alterations of the conjunctival flora after the use of 0.3% ciprofloxacin and gatifloxacin in the prophylaxis of patients undergoing cataract surgery. METHODS 40 patients undergoing cataract surgery were distributed into two groups according to the use of antibiotic eye drops: Group A: 0.3% ciprofloxacin and Group B: 0.3% gatifloxacin. Both groups used antibiotic eye drops 1 hour before surgery and 14 days after surgery. Conjunctival material was collected at 5 time points: 1 hour before surgery, without any topical medication (t0); immediately before the application of povidone-iodine (PVPI) (t1), before the beginning of surgery, after povidone-iodine (t2), 14 days (t3) and 28 days after surgery (t4). RESULTS Preoperative antibiotics reduced the positivity of the cultures before the use of PVPI in both groups, although in Group A this reduction was not significant (Group A - p=0.07 and Group B - p=0.04). The number of positive cultures was reduced in all groups after the use of povidone-iodine and on the 14th postoperative day (p<0.05). In t4 there was a reduction in the frequency of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus in Group A compared with Group B (p<0.05); the susceptibility to ciprofloxacin was also reduced in all groups, when compared with t0. CONCLUSIONS Gatifloxacin eye drops applied one hour before surgery significantly reduced the number of positive conjunctival cultures. Both antibiotics reduced the conjunctival flora when administered in the postoperative period.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

دوره 71 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008