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Table 3 Cases that required administration of additional topical antibiotic eye drops in addition to quinolone and cephem drugs to achieve a negative result for bacterial infection

From: Bacteriology of the conjunctiva in pre-cataract surgery patients with occluded nasolacrimal ducts and the operation outcomes in Japanese patients

Case #

Bacterium species

Sensitivity

Additional antibiotic

1

CNS

LVFX (R) CEZ (R) GM (R) ABK (S)

DKB

2

CNS

LVFX (R) CEZ (R) GM (R) ABK (S)

ABK

3

CNS

LVFX (R) CEZ (R) GM (R) ABK (S)

ABK

4

MRSA

LVFX (R) CEZ (R) GM (R) VCM (S)

VCM

5

MRSA

LVFX (R) CEZ (R) GM (R) VCM (S)

VCM

6

MRSA Gram-negative bacilli

LVFX (R) CEZ (R) GM (R) VCM (S)

VCM

LVFX (S) CEZ (S) GM (S)

7

Corynebacterium Spp. Gram- negative bacilli

LVFX (S) CEZ (S) GM (S)

TOB

  1. CNS coagulase-negative Staphylococci
  2. MSSA methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
  3. MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  4. DKB: dibekacin0.3%; ABK; arbekacin0.5%; VCM; vancomycin; TOB: tobramycin