antibiotics not linked to retinal detachment
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Antibiotics not linked to retinal detachment

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Antibiotics not linked to retinal detachment

Washington - XINHUA

The use of a class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones may not increase the risk of retinal detachment, according to a study released Tuesday that contradicts previous research. Retinal detachment, a separation of the retina from its connection at the back of the eye, is an acute eye disorder that may lead to loss of vision despite prompt surgical intervention. In 2012, Canadian researchers concluded that use of fluoroquinolones was strongly associated with retinal detachment. In the new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Bjorn Pasternak of the Statens Serum Institut, Denmark, and colleagues used data from a nationwide register to investigate this association. The register had information of nearly 750,000 episodes of fluoroquinolone use and more than 5.5 million control episodes of nonuse between 1997 and 2011, including data on participant characteristics, drugs used, and cases of retinal detachment with surgical treatment. They found 566 retinal detachment cases, including 72 in fluoroquinolone users and 494 in nonusers. Most had taken ciprofloxacin while others had used ofloxacin, fleroxacine or moxifloxacin. "In contrast to a recent nested case-control study from Canada, this nationwide, population-based cohort study in Denmark found no significant association between fluoroquinolone use and retinal detachment," the researchers wrote in their paper. In terms of absolute risk, current use of fluoroquinolones would, in the worst-case scenario, account for no more than 11 additional cases of retinal detachment per one million treatment episodes, they added. "For the physician caring for an inpatient with an indication for fluoroquinolone therapy, retinal detachment should not cross the physician's mind," Allan Brett of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, said in an accompanying editorial. "But the next time an outpatient with no good indication for a quinolone asks for one 'because I got better last time I took it,' the physician might mention a remote possibility of retinal detachment among the many reasons for declining the request," Brett added.

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

antibiotics not linked to retinal detachment antibiotics not linked to retinal detachment

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

antibiotics not linked to retinal detachment antibiotics not linked to retinal detachment

 



GMT 10:06 2012 Saturday ,28 July

Querrey advances at ATP LA Open

GMT 21:15 2017 Thursday ,01 June

Trump condemns deadly Kabul explosion

GMT 02:15 2017 Thursday ,24 August

Is your country on the Qatar free entry list of 80?

GMT 19:48 2016 Monday ,03 October

Controversial boxing champ Tyson Fury retires

GMT 08:20 2015 Tuesday ,08 December

PC market woes show no sign of easing

GMT 17:27 2017 Tuesday ,25 April

20 Yemeni soldiers killed, injured in explosion

GMT 11:52 2017 Saturday ,30 December

OIC condemns Mar Mina Church attack

GMT 00:03 2017 Saturday ,25 March

Arab Meeting to Examine Anti-Corruption Methods

GMT 13:12 2017 Thursday ,20 April

Deputy premier meets Arab League chief

GMT 14:13 2014 Friday ,10 January

Opel Astra GTC

GMT 18:27 2016 Tuesday ,02 August

Turkish Foreign Minister arrives in Islamabad

GMT 11:27 2016 Tuesday ,13 December

Saudi woman arrested for challenging social norms
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday