TY - JOUR
T1 - Platinum spatula versus Mini-tip Culturette® in culturing bacterial keratitis in rabbits
AU - Epley, K. D.
AU - Katz, H. R.
AU - Herling, I.
AU - Lasky, J. B.
PY - 1996/2/15
Y1 - 1996/2/15
N2 - Purpose. To compare the traditional method of culturing bacterial keratitis (platinum spatula) to the use of a commercially available Mini-tip Culturette® (Becton-Dickinson, Cockeysville, MD). Methods. Corneal ulcers were induced in 20 rabbit eyes by intrastromal injection of 0.1 ml TSI broth containing either 1.0 × 107 organisms Staphylococcus epidermidis (10 eyes) or 1.0 × 102 organisms Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC strain 27853 (10 eyes). After 48 hours, each ulcer was cultured with the platinum spatula, a dry Mini-tip Culturette®, and a moistened Mini-tip Culturette® in separate locations. Cultures taken with the platinum spatula were directly plated onto blood agar. Cultures taken with the Mini-tip Culturette® were transferred to the laboratory in the culturette, then plated onto blood agar. The corneas were microhomogenized, plated out on blood agar, and colony counts were performed. Results. 100% of corneas had established infections by colony count. Each ulcer was culture positive with platinum spatula, wet Mini-tip Culturette®, and dry Mini-tip Culturette®. Conclusion. The Mini-tip Culturette® appears to be equally effective to the platinum spatula in culturing S. epidermidis and P. aeruginosa in a rabbit model of bacterial keratitis.
AB - Purpose. To compare the traditional method of culturing bacterial keratitis (platinum spatula) to the use of a commercially available Mini-tip Culturette® (Becton-Dickinson, Cockeysville, MD). Methods. Corneal ulcers were induced in 20 rabbit eyes by intrastromal injection of 0.1 ml TSI broth containing either 1.0 × 107 organisms Staphylococcus epidermidis (10 eyes) or 1.0 × 102 organisms Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC strain 27853 (10 eyes). After 48 hours, each ulcer was cultured with the platinum spatula, a dry Mini-tip Culturette®, and a moistened Mini-tip Culturette® in separate locations. Cultures taken with the platinum spatula were directly plated onto blood agar. Cultures taken with the Mini-tip Culturette® were transferred to the laboratory in the culturette, then plated onto blood agar. The corneas were microhomogenized, plated out on blood agar, and colony counts were performed. Results. 100% of corneas had established infections by colony count. Each ulcer was culture positive with platinum spatula, wet Mini-tip Culturette®, and dry Mini-tip Culturette®. Conclusion. The Mini-tip Culturette® appears to be equally effective to the platinum spatula in culturing S. epidermidis and P. aeruginosa in a rabbit model of bacterial keratitis.
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M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:33750170554
SN - 0146-0404
VL - 37
JO - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
JF - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
IS - 3
ER -