Microbial disorders, control

The most obvious method of controlling microbial wine disorders is to prevent contamination of the wine. Yeasts which have been used for the alcoholic fermentation must be removed or inactivated before bottling. The same restriction applies to acetic- or lactic acid bacteria which may have entered the wine during or after fermentation. 

Box 12-2 lists the primary ocular inflammatory disorders in which steroids may provide a therapeutic benefit. Steroids are generally contraindicated in most ocular infections because they are not bactericidal and because they reduce resistance to many types of invading microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. In particular, because of the difficulty in controlling replication of fungi in ocular infection, steroid use can enhance microbial replication in this and other types of infections... 

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