%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of silicon oil on bacterial growth
%A Adams
%A Fabio
%A Romero
%A Ivana Lopes
%A Silva
%A Cely Barreto da
%A Manzano
%A Roberta Pereira de Almeida
%J Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
%D 2012
%I Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
%R 10.1590/S0004-27492012000200003
%X purpose: to analyze the antimicrobial properties of silicon oil (¨®leo de silicone£¿, ophthalmos, brazil) on in vitro bacterial growth of different microorganisms related to endophthalmitis. methods: the following microorganisms were analyzed: (1) pseudomonas aeruginosa (atcc 27583); (2) escherichia coli (atcc 25922); (3) staphylococcus aureus (atcc 25923); (4) staphylococcus epidermidis (atcc 12228); (5) candida albicans (atcc 10231); (6) klebsiella pneumoniae (atcc 13883); and (7) streptococcus pneumoniae (atcc 49619). the plates were incubated at 35 ¡À 2oc and its growth examined after 24 hours. an empty disk was placed in the center of each plate as a control. results: no inhibition halos were verified in any of the plates containing the four different concentrations of the bacterial inocula. conclusions: the silicon oil 1000 cps does not have any effect on bacterial growth of any of the studied microrganisms.
%K endophthalmitis
%K silicon oils [analysis]
%K anti-infective agents
%K bactericides
%K antibacterial agents.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-27492012000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en