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A Study of Eyes Treated With Thimerosal Solution Prior to Corneal Grafting

Jorge N. Buxton, MD; Seymour Brownstein, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1970;84(2):148-150.

Abstract
One-hundred donor eyes were removed with aseptic precautions and bathed in a solution of thimerosal before corneal grafting. With this treatment, there was an incidence of only 22% positive bacterial cultures, one-half of which were considered potentially pathogenic. This suggests that thimerosal is an effective antibacterial agent. Antibiotic solutions, in particular those containing neomycin sulfate and polymyxin B sulfate, appear to be more specific than thimerosal and may be used as a replacement for the latter or in conjunction with it in treating donor eyes prior to corneal grafting.

Author Affiliations
New York

From the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 310 E 14 St, New York.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Dec 22, 1969.

Read before the Inter-American Symposium on Corneal and External Eye Diseases, Gainesville, Fla, Oct 18, 1969.

Reprint requests to 648 Park Ave, New York 10021 (Dr. Buxton).

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