7 Jan 03 Cancidas (injection) Caspofungin acetate Merck Research Laboratories For treatment of candidemia and intraabdominal-abscess, peritonitis, and pleuralspace Candida infection 28 Feb 03 Avelox (tablets, injection) Moxifloxacin hydrochloride Bayer Corporation Modification of community-acquired pneumonia indication to include penicillin-resistant (MIC 2 g/ml) strains of Streptococcus pneumo...

BACKGROUND Human adenovirus (HAdV)-associated acute conjunctivitis is a common infectious disease and causes significant morbidity among residents in Beijing, China. However, little is known about the epidemiology and type distribution of acute adenoviral conjunctivitis in Beijing. METHODS Acute conjunctivitis surveillance was conducted in 18 hospitals in Beijing from July through October dur...

BACKGROUND Besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension 0.6 % (Besivance(®); Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY, USA) was approved by the FDA in 2009 for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis, with a recommended 7-day dosing regimen. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the safety of besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension 0.6 %, administered three times a day for 7 days, with that of its vehi...

Blepharitis is a common inflammatory disease of the eyelid. Posterior blepharitis affects the posterior lamella of the eyelid and involves inflammation of the meibomian glands, whereas anterior blepharitis affects the anterior lamella of the eyelid and the eyelashes; either version can be inflammatory or infectious in nature. Each of these conditions can incite or propagate the other; anterior ...

Introduction: In Africa alone, between 1000 – 4000 children are blinded annually by conjunctivitis. In view of the changing aetiological agents documented in other parts of the world and evolving resistance of infective agents to therapeutic agents, the present study was designed to define the bacterial agents, their antibiotic sensitivity pattern seen in AKTH, Kano, Nigeria. Patients and metho...

There are certain pathological features common to all forms of conjunctivitis. Essentially these are the fundamental characteristics of inflammation: hyperaemia, stasis, cellular exudate, and a fibrin-rich oedematous fluid, added to the reaction of the conjunctival tissues themselves. However, when a fibrin-rich exudate is formed on the surface of the conjunctiva, a pseudomembranous conjunctivi...