Dacryocystitis: Systematic approach to diagnosis and therapy

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-146

  Pinar Sueiro, Sergio ^a   Sota, Mercedes ^a   Lerchundi, Telmo Xabier ^a   Gibelalde, Ane ^b   Berasategui, Bárbara ^a   Vilar, Begoña ^a   Hernandez, Jose Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute dacryocystitis; Amoxicillin clavulanic acid; Antibiogram; Antibiotic therapy; Balloon dilation; Chronic dacryocystitis; Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy; External dacryocystorhinostomy; Gentamicin; H. influenzae; Intubation; Lacrimal sac; Laser dacryocystorhinostomy; Microbiology; Nasolacrimal duct; P. aeruginosa; Probe; S. aureus; S. epidermidis; S. pneumoniae; Turbinate

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84862844228     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-012-0238-8     Document Type: Article

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