title: Severe Ocular Bacterial Infections: A Retrospective Study Over 13 Years.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report data of samples collected from January 2000 to August 2013, in the Department of Diagnosis and Laboratory Analysis, Ophthalmic Hospital, Turin, Italy, from different types of ocular infections and their antibiotic susceptibility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Collected samples were cultured using both liquid and solid media. Then bacterial isolates were tested for antibiotic susceptibility using the Kirby-Bauer diffusion method and the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) serum standards.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Staphylococcus aureus is the most common bacteria isolated in ocular samples.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In vitro susceptibility tests showed that levofloxacin and moxifloxacin (introduced only in 2010) had the highest efficacy against bacterial isolates.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Diagnosis and Laboratory Analysis , Ophthalmic Hospital , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Attisano
authors.affiliation: a Department of Diagnosis and Laboratory Analysis , Ophthalmic Hospital , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cibinel
authors.affiliation: c School of Clinical Pathology , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strani
authors.affiliation: a Department of Diagnosis and Laboratory Analysis , Ophthalmic Hospital , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Panepinto
authors.affiliation: a Department of Diagnosis and Laboratory Analysis , Ophthalmic Hospital , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pollino
authors.affiliation: a Department of Diagnosis and Laboratory Analysis , Ophthalmic Hospital , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Furfaro
authors.affiliation: a Department of Diagnosis and Laboratory Analysis , Ophthalmic Hospital , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giardini
authors.affiliation: b Department of Surgical Sciences , Clinica Oculistica, University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Machetta
authors.affiliation: b Department of Surgical Sciences , Clinica Oculistica, University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Federico Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Grignolo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Diagnosis and Laboratory Analysis , Ophthalmic Hospital , Turin , Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grandi
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D064704:Levofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D064704:Levofloxacin; D000077266:Moxifloxacin
keywords: Antimicrobial drugs; bacterial isolates; ocular infections; susceptibility; susceptibility tests