Albumin in Tears Modulates Bacterial Susceptibility to Topical Antibiotics in Ophthalmology.

Bacterial keratitis is a serious and vision-threatening condition in veterinary and human patients, one that often requires culture and susceptibility testing to adjust therapy and improve clinical outcomes. The present study challenges the antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) paradigm in ophthalmology, enabling more accurate -to- translation by incorporating factors normally present during host-pathogen interactions in clinical patients. Thirty bacteria (10 , 10 , 10 ) were isolated from canine patients with infectious keratitis.