Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Bacteriological Profile of the Lacrimal sac in Dacryocystitis

Mridula V Amarnath

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In our routine ophthalmology practice it is very common to come across lacrimal sac infections. Lacrimal sac infections most commonly presents with watering from the eye either associated with or without discharge, which can be assessed by applying pressure over the lacrimal sac.1 It is important to analyse the microbial spectrum in cases of lacrimal duct obstruction along with sac infection. It was noted that gram positive organisms are the most common source of infection. Among the gram positive organisms it is the Staphylococcal species mainly the Staphylococcus aureus which is responsible. Other gram positive organisms include Staphylococcus epidermis and Streptococcus pneumonia. Among the gram negative organisms the most common ones are the Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Hemophillus influenza, and Klebsiella. Anaerobic organism like Propionibacterium and fungi like Candida are very rare. It is equally important to assess the sensitivity of the organism to various drugs. A better understanding of the drug sensitivity is important in the management of lacrimal sac infections. It was found out that gram positive organisms are sensitive to vancomycin,ofloxacin, gatifloxacin and chloramphenicol while gram negative organisms showed sensitivity to mainly toamycin.

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BACTERIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF THE LACRIMAL SAC IN DACRYOCYSTITIS, MRIDULA V AMARNATH GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-12 | December-2019

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