Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Orbit. 2024 Feb;43(1):157-159. doi: 10.1080/01676830.2022.2089168. Epub 2022 Jun 22.
This study aims to report an acute dacryocystitis associated with infection. The patient's medical records and laboratory were thoroughly assessed. A thorough literature search was performed in PubMed database. An additional search was made in Google Scholar to complete the collected items. This is the first recorded case of acute dacryocystitis attributed to infection. A limited number of studies has related this pathogen with conjunctivitis. Acute dacryocystitis on rare occasions can also be caused by atypical organisms. Swabs must be obtained and patients must be started on empirical treatment while waiting for the laboratory results.
本研究旨在报告一例与 感染相关的急性泪囊炎。对患者的病历和实验室检查进行了全面评估。在 PubMed 数据库中进行了全面的文献检索，并在 Google Scholar 中进行了额外搜索，以完成收集的项目。这是首例归因于 感染的急性泪囊炎病例。少数研究将这种病原体与结膜炎联系起来。罕见情况下，急性泪囊炎也可由非典型病原体引起。在等待实验室结果的同时，必须采集拭子并开始对患者进行经验性治疗。
