Long-term effects of cataract surgery with topical levofloxacin on ocular bacterial flora
Abstract
PURPOSE: To clarify the long-term effect of topical antibiotics on the ocular bacterial flora after cataract surgery.
SETTING: Miyata Eye Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
DESIGN: Prospective case series.
METHODS: Patients who had cataract surgery between November 2014 and January 2015 were included. Levofloxacin 1.5% was administered 4 times a day by topical instillation from 3 days before surgery to 1 month postoperatively. The conjunctival sacs of patients were scraped before the procedure and 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after the last instillation. The samples were cultured, and minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of levofloxacin for Staphylococcus epidermidis and Propionibacterium acnes were evaluated using mixed-effects models.
RESULTS: The study evaluated 50 patients. Diverse bacterial species, predominantly S epidermidis and P acnes, were isolated before the application of topical levofloxacin. Bacterial diversity was substantially reduced after the final topical levofloxacin application and subsequently increased after 3 months. However, the geometric mean levofloxacin MICs for S epidermidis isolates were still significantly higher at 0 months and 3 months than before treatment (P < .01 and P = .03, respectively) and reached pretreatment levels 6 months and 12 months after the last application. Propionibacterium acnes did not show significant changes in the geometric mean levofloxacin MIC over time.
CONCLUSION: The restoration of the bacterial flora required more than 6…
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Evidence Hub reads this as a case series, done in people. Its evidence level is 5 of 5 (Very low · case / narrative / animal / in vitro / in silico). Case reports, narrative reviews, and animal, cell or computer-model studies give the weakest evidence for human health. Reported size: 50 participants or records.
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