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- Title
THE CONJUNCTIVAL BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CATARACT SURGERY.
- Authors
SOARE (DOGARU), DANIELA SIMINA; ILIE, LARISA; GHIȚĂ, ANA CRISTINA; GHIȚĂ, AURELIAN MIHAI
- Abstract
Endophthalmitis is a serious postoperative complication of cataract surgery. The patient’s own ocular and periocular flora is the most common source of infection. A total of 605 patients undergoing cataract surgery were included in the study. The study ran for a one-year period, from June 2019 to August 2020. Conjunctival swabs were obtained from all the patients and Gram staining was performed. Staphylococcus was the most common isolate. The results were similar with those found in other studies. Despite of the rise in the incidence with age, we observed a higher rate of Gram-negative bacterial infection in younger patients and the incidence decreased gradually with age. In conclusion, younger patients have a lower rate of bacterial conjunctival contamination, but they have a higher proportion of contamination with Gram-negative bacteria. Older patients have a higher rate of ocular surface contamination, most commonly with Gram-positive bacteria.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL contamination; CATARACT surgery; GRAM-negative bacterial diseases; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; OLDER patients; SURFACE contamination
- Publication
Acta Medica Transilvanica, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 2, p34
- ISSN
1453-1968
- Publication type
Article