Unusual complication associated with a subconjunctival injection of Soframycin.

Unusual complication associated with a subconjunctival injection of Soframycin.

Systemic absorption of Soframycin after subconjunctival injection.

Administering a subconjunctival injection

• Position the patient lying comfortably with his/her head supported on a pillow. • Reassure the patient that adequate anaesthetic drops will be instilled before the injection is given. • Instill anaesthetic drops at five-minute intervals over half an hour – a minimum of six drops. • Away from the patient’s view, draw up the prescribed medication using the 21G needle (Figure 1). • Change to the...

Subconjunctival administration of soframycin in the treatment of corneal infections.

THE properties of Soframycin, an antibiotic extracted from the mould Streptomyces decaris, were first evaluated by Massenat-Derouche (1954). Its properties in relation to the eye and its effect upon experimentally produced corneal infections were described by Ainslie and Henderson (1958). It was found to be especially effective against staphylococcal infections but was active too against many G...

Infertility associated with hematochezia: A complication of perforated appendicitis

Introduction: Infection and inflammation of organs adjacent to gastrointestinal tract may cause a pathological connection. Patient: In this report, complicated appendicitis caused protrusion of right ovary and tube into the sigmoid colon of a 40-year-old infertile woman. The mass appearing as a polypoid lesion during colonoscopy caused abdominal pain and bleeding and proved to be right adnexa p...