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OCULAR TOXICITY OF INTRAVITREAL CLARITHROMYCIN

DOI

21

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0

References

1999

Year

Melih Ünal, Gholam A. Peyman, Chanping Liang, Hassan M. Hegazy, LUIZ C. MOLINARI, JUNXIN CHEN, Scott Brun, Peter J. Tarcha
Retina

Abstract

Intravitreal clarithromycin lactobionate is nontoxic to rabbit eyes up to a dose of 1.0 mg. Because of its broad-spectrum antibiotic effect and appropriate half-life in the vitreous, it may be a good choice for intravitreal treatment of susceptible organisms.