Lacrimal sac bacteriology and susceptibility pattern in infants with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction in the 1st year of life: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CNLDO) is one of the main causes of epiphora in infants, and antibiotics are usually used as a conservative therapy in the first year. Yet, little is known about the bacteriology of the occluded lacrimal drainage system in this group of patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbiology of lacrimal sac (LS) in Chinese children with CNLDO in their first year of life.

Methods

Patients with CNLDO between May 1, 2017 and August 31, 2018 at a tertiary care children's hospital were enrolled. The study recruited infants who received lacrimal probing under 1 year old, and refluxed discharge from LS was collected. Samples were cultured and susceptibility test was performed for positive culture.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Zheng XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539386 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature