Ophthalmic antibiotics associated with antimicrobial resistance after intraocular injection therapy

Monday, September 12, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Repeated exposure of the eye to ophthalmic antibiotics appears to be associated with the emergence of resistant strains of microbes among patients undergoing intraocular injection therapy for neovascular retinal disease, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.

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