Genticin in conjunctivitis and keratitis.
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GENTAMICIN sulphate (Garamycin: Schering) is a mixture of two pseudo-oligosaccharides produced when Micromonospora purpurea is grown in submerged culture; the structure of the molecule has not yet been established. This is a preliminary survey of a series of 27 cases of conjunctivitis and keratitis treated with Genticin eyedrops. They were not selected but taken at random as they presented at the Eye Out-Patients Department.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 52 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1968