Antibiotic Resistance in Microbial Keratitis: Ten-Year Experience of Corneal Scrapes in the United Kingdom

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 118; no. 11; pp. 2161 - 2165
• Main Authors: Shalchi, Zaid, MBBS, BSc, Gurbaxani, Avinash, MBBS, MRCS(Ed) (Ophth), Baker, Mark, PhD, FIBMS, Nash, James, FRCPath
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Bacteria - drug effects; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Bacteriological Techniques; Biological and medical sciences; Cefuroxime - pharmacology; Ciprofloxacin - pharmacology; Cornea - microbiology; Corneal Ulcer - drug therapy; Corneal Ulcer - epidemiology; Corneal Ulcer - microbiology; Diseases of cornea, anterior segment and sclera; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Eye Infections, Bacterial - drug therapy; Eye Infections, Bacterial - epidemiology; Eye Infections, Bacterial - microbiology; Female; Gentamicins - pharmacology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Ophthalmology; Retrospective Studies; United Kingdom - epidemiology; United Kingdom; Europe; Resistance; Eye disease; Antibiotic; Cornea; Keratitis; Keratopathy; Ophthalmology; Anterior segment disease

Purpose To determine the scale of antibiotic resistance in microbial keratitis in East Kent, United Kingdom. Design Retrospective, observational case series. Participants Corneal scrapes over a 10-year period to December 2008 were identified using the local microbiology database, which provided cult...