Evaluation of silicon oil on bacterial growth.
| Autor: | Adams F; Cataract Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo - SCMSP - São Paulo (SP), Brazil. Fabio_adams@hotmail.com, Romero IL, Silva CB, Manzano RP |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia [Arq Bras Oftalmol] 2012 Mar-Apr; Vol. 75 (2), pp. 89-91. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0004-27492012000200003 |
| Abstrakt: | Purpose: To analyze the antimicrobial properties of silicon oil (Óleo de Silicone®, Ophthalmos, Brazil) on in vitro bacterial growth of different microorganisms related to endophthalmitis. Methods: The following microorganisms were analyzed: (1) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 27583); (2) Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922); (3) Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923); (4) Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC 12228); (5) Candida albicans (ATCC 10231); (6) Klebsiella pneumoniae (ATCC 13883); and (7) Streptococcus pneumoniae (ATCC 49619). The plates were incubated at 35 ± 2ºC and its growth examined after 24 hours. An empty disk was placed in the center of each plate as a control. Results: No inhibition halos were verified in any of the plates containing the four different concentrations of the bacterial inocula. Conclusions: The silicon oil 1000 cps does not have any effect on bacterial growth of any of the studied microorganisms. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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