Povidone-iodine pharmacokinetics and study design
Jagger Koerner1, Andrzej Grzybowski2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, USA. jaggerkoerner@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Dr. Gnanasekaran et al. reported the bactericidal activity of various concentrations of povidone iodine (PI) solution in an agar plate experiment of respiratory flora. The study design and the pharmacokinetic properties of PI solution ensured that dilute PI would not be effective in this study. These results may not replicate the typical clinical situation and are significantly different than a previously reported agar plate experiment, again owing to subtle but very significant differences in methodology.
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