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This randomized clinical trial compared the effectiveness of povidone-iodine 1.25% ophthalmic solution to topical antibiotic treatments for bacterial keratitis in 172 patients in the Philippines and India. Povidone-iodine took a median of 7 days to achieve presumed cure in the Philippines, similar to neomycin-polymyxin B-gramicidin, and took a median of 12 days in India, slightly longer than ciprofloxacin at 17 days. However, statistical analyses found no significant differences in effectiveness between the

Author
Farhan Reza
Language
EN