PURPOSE Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains expressing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) are associated with severe skin and soft tissue infections, necrotizing pneumonia, and eye infections. We determined PVL's toxicity on infected mouse and cultured human corneal epithelial cells and the role of PVL and antibody to PVL in pathogenesis of murine keratitis. ...

This report highlights corneal epithelial changes in 3 patients receiving different antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapies that inhibit tubulin assembly: anetumab ravtansine for malignant pleural mesothelioma (Figure A), ado-trastuzumab emtansine human epidermal growth factor receptor–positive ductal carcinoma of the breast B), and belantamab mafodotin refractory myeloma (Figures C D). The ADC...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Povidone-iodine (PVP -I) is applied for microbial decontamination of human eyes donated for transplantation. Concentrations and immersion times vary greatly. The effectiveness and toxicity of PVP-I were assessed for different decontamination protocols. METHODS Human donor eyes and corneas were immersed in different concentrations (5-100 mg/ml) of PVP-I for different times (2-3...

Background: To evaluate the agreement in intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements by Ocular Response Analyzer (ORA) and Tono-Pen XL (TXL) with the Goldmann Applanation Tonometer (GAT) and to examine corneal biomechanical properties in aphakic glaucoma patients with a central corneal thickness (CCT) >600 µ. Methods: Thirty-six eyes of aphakic glaucoma patients (group 1) and 40 eyes of normal chil...

purpose : although applying mitomycin c (mmc) during photorefractive keratectomy (prk) has shown to reduce postoperative corneal haze but there is considerable evidence of mmc toxicity in the literature and concerns exist regarding side effects and long-term complications. we conducted this study to compare the efficacy of mmc 0.02% and 0.01% in prevention of haze after prk. methods : 210 eyes ...

In the first-in-human study of tusamitamab ravtansine (NCT02187848), an anti-CEACAM5 antibody-drug conjugate, 100 mg/m2 every 2 weeks (Q2W) showed antitumor activity in heavily pretreated patients with nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer high CEACAM5 expression. dose-escalation phase, 18 colorectal (CRC) and 1 7 gastric (GC) had confirmed partial responses (PR). Here, we report results from ...

BACKGROUND Long-term use of benzalkonium chloride (BAC)-preserved drugs is often associated with ocular surface toxicity. Ocular surface symptoms had a substantial impact on the glaucoma patients' quality of life and compliance. This study aimed to investigate the effects of sodium hyaluronate (SH) on ocular surface toxicity induced by BAC-preserved anti-glaucoma medications treatment. METHOD...

This study was performed to assess the in vivo ocular toxicity of benzalkonium chloride (BAK) homologs compared with commercially available BAK (BAK mixture) and to assess the ocular toxicity of BAK homolog after repeated ocular application. Rabbit eyes were examined by ophthalmology and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) after 10 applications of BAK homologs with C12 (C12-BAK) and C14 (C14-BAK...

Thalidomide has recently been shown to be useful in the treatment of multiple myeloma and may also be useful in the treatment of other hematological malignancies. We have identified a new derivative of thalidomide, S-3-[3-amino-phthalimido]-glutarimide (S-3APG) with dual activity against B-cell neoplasias. S-3APG was able to directly inhibit the proliferation of myeloma and Burkitt's lymphoma c...

The effect of a new antiherpetic compound of very low toxicity called acycloguanosine (Wellcome 248U) on herpetic ulcers in rabbit cornea was studied by the Corneal Epithelial Lesion Therapeutic Assay (CELTA). The therapeutic effect of 3% acycloguanosine ointment on dendritic ulcers was equal to that of 0.5% 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine (IDU) ointment. No toxic symptoms could be detected by slit-lamp...