Ceratite infecciosa em crianças: estudo microbiológico e epidemiológico em um hospital universitário de Assunção - Paraguai
PURPOSE: To describe the microbiologic aspects of infectious keratitis in children (0-18 years old) examined at the Department of Ophthalmology of the National University of Asunción - Paraguay, during a 14-year period (1988-2002). METHODS: The authors retrospectively studied 146 children, under 18...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2005 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/2799 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492005000600021 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2799 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Keratitis Corneal diseases Corneal ulcer Eye infections, fungal Paraguay Child Ceratite Doenças corneanas Úlcera da córnea Infecções oculares fúngicas Paraguai Criança |
| Sumario: | PURPOSE: To describe the microbiologic aspects of infectious keratitis in children (0-18 years old) examined at the Department of Ophthalmology of the National University of Asunción - Paraguay, during a 14-year period (1988-2002). METHODS: The authors retrospectively studied 146 children, under 18 years old, with infectious keratitis at the Department of Ophthalmology of the National University of Asunción - Paraguay, from 1988 to 2002. RESULTS: The cultures were positive in 113 patients (77%) with 70% of bacterial and 30% of fungal etiology. Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (23.1%), Staphylococcus aureus (19.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (12.8%) and Streptococcus pneumoniae (12.8%) were the most common microorganisms isolated. Acremonium ssp (25%), Fusarium ssp (14%) and Aspergillus fumigatus (14%) were the fungi isolated. CONCLUSIONS: Ulcerative keratitis in children examined at the Department of Ophthalmology of the National University of Asunción - Paraguay is of bacterial origin in most of the cases. |
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