Anterior Chamber Aspirate Cultures After Uncomplicated Cataract Surgery
| Autor: | James B. Dickey, W. M. Jay, Kenneth D. Thompson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Anterior Chamber Staphylococcus medicine.medical_treatment Eye disease Colony Count Microbial After cataract Cataract Extraction medicine.disease_cause Aqueous Humor Endophthalmitis Ophthalmology medicine Humans Lenses Intraocular Intraoperative Care Bacteria business.industry Phacoemulsification Cataract surgery medicine.disease Surgery Intraocular fluid Wound closure business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Ophthalmology. 112:278-282 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9394 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)76728-5 |
| Popis: | We cultured anterior chamber aspirates of 30 patients who had uncomplicated extracapsular cataract extraction or phacoemulsification. The aspirate was obtained at the time of wound closure. Of 30 patients, 13 (43%) had culture-positive anterior chamber aspirates. The total number of organisms recovered was 18, with three patients having multiple organisms identified. The most commonly isolated organisms were coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp., occurring in eight of 18 isolates (44%). No eyes in our study developed endophthalmitis, even though almost one half had viable organisms growing from the anterior chamber aspirates. Inoculum sizes were extremely small (10 to 20 colony-forming units/ml). This study suggests that in humans, the anterior chamber is capable of clearing a low inoculum of bacteria after cataract surgery without the development of endophthalmitis. |
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