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Symptomatic Treatment of Subepithelial Infiltrates after Viral Conjunctivitis: Loteprednol or Dexamethasone?
- Source :
- Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 25:654-658
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Purpose: To compare the efficiency and ocular side-effect profile of topical loteprednol applied to one eye and topical dexamethasone applied to the other eye in the early period on the same patient who has subepithelial infiltrates (SEI).Methods: The patients who developed bilateral SEI following epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) were applied topical loteprednol on one eye (group 2) and topical dexamethasone on the other (group 1).Results: Decrease in the symptoms was faster in the dexamethasone group, but this difference between the groups was not statistically significant (p = 0.073). Both groups were found to have substantial recurrence. However, the difference between the groups was not statistically significant (p = 0.131).Conclusions: The study has found that in the treatment of SEI, which developed after EKC, statistically similar results can be obtained with loteprednol, which is known to have fewer adverse effects.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Topical dexamethasone
Corneal Stroma
Symptomatic treatment
Visual Acuity
Eye Infections, Viral
Viral Conjunctivitis
Administration, Ophthalmic
Dexamethasone
Corneal Diseases
Adenovirus Infections, Human
Conjunctivitis, Viral
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Ophthalmology
Anti-Allergic Agents
medicine
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Prospective Studies
Child
Adverse effect
Glucocorticoids
business.industry
Loteprednol Etabonate
Epithelium, Corneal
Middle Aged
Surgery
Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis
Treatment Outcome
Loteprednol
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Female
Ophthalmic Solutions
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17445078 and 09273948
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ab47c5a8cfe1083c85ab5782ba0aa073