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Bacterial flora of the ocular fornix in patients with lacrimal silicone tubes

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Abstract

We assessed the impact of a lacrimal silicone tube inserted during dacryocystorhinostomy on the bacterial flora of the ocular fornix in 20 patients. At the time of tube removal we cultured the ipsilateral and contralateral fornices in addition to the part of the tube adjacent to the fornix. Coagulase-negative staphylococci were isolated from the fornices containing the tube in 18 out of 20 patients (90%). These findings indicate that the presence of the silicone tube does not result in colonization by new bacteria.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, 113-6044, Beirut, Lebanon

    Riad Ma'luf MD &  Baha' Noureddin MD

  2. Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Ghassan Dbaibo MD

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    George F. Araj PhD

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Ma'luf, R., Dbaibo, G., Araj, G.F. et al. Bacterial flora of the ocular fornix in patients with lacrimal silicone tubes. Ann Ophthalmol 33, 31–34 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12009-001-0069-y

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