, sp. nov., from an air conditioner condensate drain line.

A Gram-negative, rod-shaped and filamentous bacterium designated MD30B was isolated from a biofilm hanging in water flowing from an air conditioner condensate drain line in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Based on 1517 nucleotides of the strain's 16S rRNA gene, its nearest neighbours are T16R-86 (96.7 %), S-52 (96.

Ocular damage due to chlorhexidine versus eyeshield thermal injury.

Background: Ocular damage may occur from a number of mechanisms during laser use.

Objective: To review issues relevant to ocular protection during laser resurfacing.

Methods: The authors were consulted to evaluate the thermal energy transferred from the outer to the inner (ie, corneal contact) surface of stainless steel eyeshields following direct exposure to the carbon dioxide (CO2) resurfacing laser beam.

Occlusive dressing versus oxygen mist therapy following CO2 laser resurfacing.

Background: Oxygen is an essential element for collagen synthesis and reepithelialization. The use of topical oxygen after CO2 laser resurfacing has not been studied.

Objective: To compare the rate and quality of healing in wounds treated with an oxygen mist to those treated with occlusive dressing following CO2 laser resurfacing.