PURPOSE To report 4 cases of flap margin-related corneal ulcer that developed 5 years after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) procedures. METHODS We retrospectively documented the clinical and laboratory characteristics of all patients between 2004 and 2008 who presented with LASIK-related corneal ulcer that appeared >5 years postoperatively. The 4 patients who had this condition were 25-,...

As a basic approach to identifying the distribution mechanism of quinolone antibiotics into saliva, salivary excretion of five fluoroquinolones, ciprofloxacin (CPFX), norfloxacin (NFLX), lomefloxacin (LFLX), ofloxacin (OFLX) and sparfloxacin (SPFX), was compared in rats. Blood, parotid and mandibular saliva were periodically collected from the anesthetized rats after bolus i.v. administration (...

An in vivo photomicronucleus test (MNT) using rat skin, the target organ for photoirritancy and carcinogenicity, was recently described. The assay was evaluated using fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics with varying degrees of phototoxic potency (i.e. sparflocacin [SPFX], lomefloxacin [LOFX], ciprofloxacin [CIFX], levofloxacin [LEFX], gemifloxacin [GEFX] and gatifloxacin [GAFX]) using a solar simu...

The complex formation reaction, between fluoroquinolones (FQ): ciprofloxacin (CPX), enoxacin (ENX), enrofloxacin (ENRX), lomefloxacin (LOMX), levofloxacin (LEVX), ofloxacin (OFX), norfloxacin (NFX), sparfloxacin (SPRX) and aluminum(III), iron(III), copper(II) and zinc(II) ions were investigated. The spectrophotometic titration method in a wide range of pH was utilized for estimation of complex ...

A rapid, simple, and sensitive immunochromatographic test strip has been developed for testing residues of ciprofloxacin (CIP). A specific and sensitive monoclonal antibody (mAb) for CIP was generated by immunizing BALB/c mice with well-characterized CIP-Keyhole limpet haemocyanin. Under the optimized conditions, the cut-off limits of test strips for CIP were found to be 5 ng/mL in phosphate-bu...

Iron is an essential nutrient for many microbes. According to the "Trojan Horse Hypothesis", biological systems have difficulties distinguishing between Fe(3+) and Ga(3+), which constitutes the antimicrobial efficacy of the gallium(iii) ion. Nine novel tris(quinolono)gallium(iii) complexes and their corresponding iron(iii) analogs have been synthesized and fully characterized. Quinolone antimic...

The in vitro activity of sparfloxacin (AT-4140; RP 64206), a new fluoroquinolone, was compared with those of 10 other agents against 1,222 clinical isolates. Sparfloxacin and ciprofloxacin were the most active quinolones against members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli; sparfloxacin had superior activity against gram-positive cocci in comparison with the ...

A capillary electrophoresis (CE) method for the simultaneous determination of residues of six quinolones (enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, lomefloxacin, norfloxacin, cinoxacin) in chicken, hen, and swine tissue samples were developed and validated. The sample preparation consisted of a solid phase extraction on C-18 cartridges prior to the analysis by CE with UV detection. The method was...

Studies to understand the role wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play in dissemination of antibiotics (ABs), and emergence antibiotic resistance (ABR), an important tackling this global crisis. Here we describe abundance distribution 16 ABs, 4 corresponding genes (ARGs), sampled from influent five WWTPs within a single river catchment. We consider four classes antibiotics: fluroquinolones, ma...