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Kimura Kazuhiro

Affiliate Master Yamaguchi University

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Aims: To clarify the usefulness of preservative-free ophthalmic preparations equipped with a filter. Methods: A total of 1,615 samples of in-use ophthalmic preparations were examined for microbial contamination. Results: Of 1,094 samples of preservative-containing ophthalmic preparations, 31 (2.8%) showed microbial contamination. Of 289 samples of preservative-free ophthalmic preparations without a filter, 6 (2.1%) were contaminated, consisting of 4 (13.8%) of 29 samples of hospital preparations and 2 (0.8%) of 260 samples of commercially available new quinolone antimicrobial agents. On the other hand, the microbial contamination rate in preservative-free ophthalmic preparations equipped with a filter was 0% (0 of 232 samples).The major contaminants detected in these preservative-containing ophthalmic preparations and preservative-free ophthalmic preparations without a filter were glucose-nonfermentative Gram-negative bacilli such as Pseudomonas fluorescens, Acinetobacter spp., and P. aeruginosa, coagulase (-) staphylococci, and Candida spp. The contaminant level was 10-99 colony forming units (CFU)/mL in 37.8% (14 of 37 samples), and 10^2 - 10^6 CFU/mL in 62.2% (23 of 37 samples). Conclusions: Preservative-free ophthalmic preparations equipped with a filter not only have zero risk of the oculotoxic effects of preservatives, but are also safe in terms of their lack of microbial contamination.
Creators : Saisyo Atsuyuki Oie Shigeharu Kimura Kazuhiro Sonoda Koh-Hei Furukawa Hiroyuki Publishers : Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
Case Rep Ophthalmol Volume 5 Issue 1 pp. 6 - 10
published_at 2014-01
Creators : Morishige Naoyuki Hatabe Nanami Morita Yukiko Yamada Naoyuki Kimura Kazuhiro Sonoda Koh-Hei Publishers : Karger
Cornea : the journal of cornea and external disease Volume 31 Issue 12 pp. 1408 - 1413
published_at 2012-12-31
Creators : Yamada Naoyuki Morishige Naoyuki Yanai Ryoji Morita Yukiko Kimura Kazuhiro Chikama Tai-ichiro Nomizu Motoyoshi Sonoda Koh-Hei Publishers : Masson Pub. USA | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science : journal of clinical and basic research
published_at 2012-05-10
Creators : Zhou Hongyan Kimura Kazuhiro Orita Tomoko Nishida Teruo Sonoda Koh-Hei Publishers : C.V. Mosby
Experimental Eye Research Volume 92 Issue 5 pp. 388 - 393
published_at 2011-05
Creators : Kimura Kazuhiro Teranishi Shinichiro Kawamoto Koji Nishida Teruo Publishers : Academic press
山口医学 Volume 45 Issue 6 pp. 385 - 390
published_at 1996-12
Creators : Hamanaka Sumiko Horiike Osamu Higashi Hisato Kimura Kazuhiro Sadamitsu Daikai Tsuha Mitsuru Nakayama Hisao Kawano Hiroo Maekawa Tsuyoshi Publishers : 山口大学医学会