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Table 3 Review of bacterial pathogen patterns in patients with CNLDO [8,9,10,11, 13,14,15,16,17,18]

From: Lacrimal sac bacteriology and susceptibility pattern in infants with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction in the 1st year of life: a cross-sectional study

Study

Year of study

Country

No. of cases

Age range

(mean)

Positive culture rate (%)

Mixed infection rate (%)

Sample collection method

Dominant bacteria (%)

Sensitivity test (%)

Non-susceptibility (%)

Zheng (our study)

2017–2018

China

32

1.7–12 mons

(6.6 mons)

87.5

35.7

Irrigation

Streptococcus pneumoniae (23.7) Streptococcus mitis (10.5) Haemophilus influenzae (7.9) Haemophilus haemolyticus (7.9)

Neisseriae (13.2)

Chloramphenicol (88)

Levofloxacin (84) Ceftriaxone (80)

Erythromycin (40) Sulfamethoxazole (32)

Bekmez

2017–2018

Turkey

70

12–36 mons

(25 mons)

28.6

NA

Conjunctival swab

Haemophilus haemolyticus (20)

Haemophilus influenzae (20)

Ciprofloxacine (85) Tetracycline (60) Gentamicin (40)

Penicilin (40)

NA

Prokosch

2007–2012

Germany

132

0–60 mons

(27 mons)

97

87

Pressure over LS

or irrigation

Streptococcus pneumoniae (28.5)

Staphylococcus aureus (18.3)

Haemophilus influenzae (8.7)

Moraxella catarrhalis (8.5)

Ciprofloxacin (99) Chloramphenicol (97)

Tobramycin (95)

Levofloxacin (95)

Penicillin (65)

Erythromycin (41)

Gentamicin (22)

Wong

2005–2010

China

16

0–84 mons

(26.4mons)

43.7

12.5

Conjunctival scraping

Streptococcus pneumoniae (18.8)

Haemophilus influenzae (12.5)

NA

NA

Kuchar

NA

(before 2000)

Austria

47

8–36 mons

(21 mons)

70

40

Pressure over LS

Streptococcus pneumoniae (36.4)

Haemophilus influenzae (19.2)

Ofloxacin (84)

Tetracycline (84) Chloramphenicol (84)

Ciprofloxacin (62)

Norfloxacin (60)

Neomycin (63)

Gentamycin (54.8)

Tobramycin (57.5)

AL-Faky

1998–2008

Saudi Arabia

141

1–108 mons

(29.9 mons)

87.9

25.4

Pressure over LS

Streptococcus pneumoniae (48.1)

Haemophilus influenzae (39.2)

Moraxella catarrhalis (12.7)

Staphylococcus aureus (6.6)

Bacitracin (NA) Polymyxin B (NA)

NA

Prokosch

2007

Germany

66

6–16 mons

97

87

Irrigation

Gram-pos:

Streptococcus pneumoniae (31)

Staphylococcus aureus (13)

Streptococcus epidermidis (13)

Gram-neg:

Branhamella (12)

Haemophilus influenzae (11)

Chloramphenicol (99)

Fusidic acid (99)

Ciprofloxacin (99)

Levofloxacin (95)

Tobramycin (95)

Erythromycin (41)

Gentamycin (22)

Usha

NA

(before 2006)

India

187

0–60 mons

(14 mons)

83

11.7

Pressure over LS

Streptococcus pneumoniae (32.7)

Haemophilus influenzae (31.3) Streptococcus viridans (14.7)

Gram-pos:

Chloramphenicol (98) Vancomycin (82) Ofloxacin (75)

Gram-neg:

Ofloxacin (83)

Ciprofloxacin (81)

Gram-pos:

Tobramycin (90) Gentamycin (66)

Gram-neg:

Amikacin (44)

Gentamycin (40)

Tobramycin (43)

Kim

1996–1999

Korea

50

0.7–12 mons

64

0

Irrigation

Staphylococcus aureus (25)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (15.6)

Staphylococcus aureus:

Vancomycin (100)

Ciprofloxacin (87.5)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa:

Ciprofloxacin (100)

Amikacin (100)

Getamicin (NA)

Penicillin G (NA)

Bareja

NA

(before 1990)

India

87

NA

67.5

0.9

Conjunctival swab with or without pressure over LS

Streptococcus pneumoniae (28.9)

Staphylococcus aureus (13.2)

Cloxacillin (77)

Erythromycin (68)

Gentamicin (46.9)

Penicilin (100)

Streptomycin (97)

Polymixin B (98)

MacEwen

1988

UK

158

0–12 mons

19.6

0.6

Conjunctival swab

Haemophilus influenzae (12)

Staphylococcus aureus (8.9)

Moraxella catarrhalis (2.5)

NA

NA

  1. Note: LS lacrimal sac, Mons months, NA not applicable