Oral antibiotics for meibomian gland-related ocular surface disease: a report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology

EJ Wladis, EA Bradley, JR Bilyk, MT Yen, LA Mawn - Ophthalmology, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To review the existing medical literature on the role of oral antibiotics in the
management of ocular surface disease (OSD) that arises from disorders of the meibomian …

Oral azithromycin as the systemic treatment of choice in the treatment of meibomian gland disease.

A Al‐Hity, D Lockington - Clinical & Experimental …, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
The article presents a study which evaluates the efficacy of using oral azithromycin, a semi-
synthetic macrolide antibiotic into patients with meibomian gland disease (MGD) and ocular …

Antibiotic treatment for dry eye disease related to meibomian gland dysfunction and blepharitis–A review

RR Vernhardsdottir, MS Magno, L Hynnekleiv… - The ocular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Dry eye disease (DED) is among the most prevalent ophthalmic conditions but
is often underdiagnosed and mistreated. Antibiotics are regularly used to treat DED caused …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analysis of treating meibomian gland dysfunction with azithromycin

T Tao, L Tao - Eye, 2020 - nature.com
To systematically review studies of managing meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) with
azithromycin and pool clinical outcomes to show its effectiveness. Eligible studies were …

On the prescribing of oral doxycycline or minocycline by UK optometrists as part of management of chronic Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD)

MJ Doughty - Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To review the special pharmacology of tetracycline antibiotics as anti-inflammatory
drugs for treatment of obstructive Meibomian gland disease (MGD) Methods PubMed was …

[HTML][HTML] Oral azithromycin and oral doxycycline for the treatment of Meibomian gland dysfunction: A 9-month comparative case series

G De Benedetti, AS Vaiano - Indian journal of ophthalmology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety profile of oral azithromycin with that of
doxycycline over 9 months in patients experiencing failure with conservative and topical …

Efficacy of azithromycin 1.5% eyedrops vs oral doxycycline in meibomian gland dysfunction: a randomized trial

V Satitpitakul, K Ratanawongphaibul… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To determine the efficacy of azithromycin 1.5% eyedrops compared with oral
doxycycline in patients with moderate to severe meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) …

Oral azithromycin versus doxycycline in meibomian gland dysfunction: a randomised double-masked open-label clinical trial

MB Kashkouli, AJ Fazel, V Kiavash, M Nojomi… - British Journal of …, 2015 - bjo.bmj.com
Background/aims To assess the efficacy and safety of oral azithromycin compared with oral
doxycycline in patients with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) who had failed to respond …

Short term oral minocycline treatment of meibomianitis

JD Aronowicz, WE Shine, D Oral, JM Vargas… - British journal of …, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com
Aim: To evaluate the clinical impact, aqueous tear parameters, and meibomian gland
morphology in patients with primary meibomianitis before, during, and 3 months after a …

The role of topical azithromycin in the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction

E Ciloglu, AA Özcan, T Incekalan, F Unal - Cornea, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The efficacy of topical azithromycin (AZ) supplementation to systemic AZ has not
been studied. This study evaluates the efficacy of topical AZ supplementation to systemic AZ …