Ophthalmia neonatorum is generally defined as conjunctivitis occurring within one month of life. The sources of this infection are environmental organisms or the organisms colonized in the birth canal. Untreated infection can cause blindness, especially if the corresponding organisms areNeisseria gonorrhoeae, or Chlamydia trachomatis. Povidone-iodine ophthalmic solution is an effective antib...

Materials and Methods: The subjects were 36 systemically healthy, non-smoking patients (34-66 years old). All patients presented moderate-to-advanced chronic periodontitis and had at least 5 teeth and 2 pocket sites with probing depth ≥ 5 mm in each quadrant and bone loss. Then, they were randomly distributed to 3 different groups. 1. conventional quadrant-wise mechanical debridement (QMD): sup...

OBJECTIVE To determine the rate of anterior chamber contamination during phacoemulsification after applying 5% povidone-iodine prior to surgery. MATERIAL AND METHOD One hundred eyes from 100 patients having phacoemulsification cataract surgery by a single surgeon at Ramathibodi Hospital between October 2010 and March 2011 were included in the present study. Povidone-iodine 5% solution eye dro...

background: to determine the efficacy of different antiseptic solutions (control group (i), antibiotic solution (ii), chlorhexidine 0.4% (iii), and povidone – iodine 10% (iv)) in sterilizing contaminated osteochondral plugs. methods: under sterile conditions, the femoral head and condyles of 20 rabbits were removed and cut into equal osteochondral pieces. a total of 200 osteochondral specimens ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the incidence of genitourinary infections associated with transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUS-BX) using endorectal povidone-iodine gel as a bactericidal agent. METHODS We prospectively studied a total of 530 patients who were given 30g of 10% povidone-iodine intrarectally before TRUS-BX. Each patient received antibiotic prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin, star...

INTRODUCTION Infection is a major threat to wound healing and a leading cause of graft loss in patients undergoing meshed skin grafts (MSGs). Therefore, topical antisepsis is important in the overall treatment scheme. METHODS An exploratory satellite group of 14 patients with infected MSGs were enrolled as part of a prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel-group, open-label, pilot Phase ...

A regimen of treatment for vaginitis combining the use of a povidone-iodine solution for swabbing, a povidone-iodine vaginal gel for application at night and a povidone-iodine douche for use in the morning, was evaluated in 93 courses of treatment in 87 patients with monilial or trichomonal vaginitis or a combination of both. In monilial vaginitis, symptoms were cleared and negative laboratory ...