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Objetivo: Conocer y proveer de evidencia acerca de la sensibilidad de la flora bacteriana normal de la superficie ocular aislada en dos diferentes grupos sociales y etáreos de pacientes prontos a someterse a cirugía de Catarata y LASIK en nuestro país. Materiales y Métodos: Se cultivaron muestran conjuntivales de 221 pacientes previo a LASIK y de 180 pacientes de un grupo de Cataratas. De haber un cultivo positivo se realizó aislamiento e identificación bacteriana utilizando la técnica de difusión en disco de Kirby-Bauer para doce antibióticos. El análisis estadístico se hizo con chi-cuadrado y el test exacto de Fisher. Resultados: Hubo 66,8 por ciento de cultivos positivos, más frecuentemente gran positivos. SCN fue el aislado en mayor porcentaje (92,2 por ciento) y mostró una alta sensibilidad a Cloramfenicol, Tobramicina, Moxifloxacino y Gatifloxacino, intermedia para Levofloxacino, Gentamicina y Ciprofloxacino y menor para Eritromicina, Oxacilina, Cefalotina y Ceftriaxona (p<0,01). Todos los cultivos fueron sensibles a Vancomicina. No hubo diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre ambos grupos. Conclusiones: 1. Por primera vez nuestros resultados muestran que la flora y sensibilidad antibiótica son similares en pacientes a ser sometidos a LASIK y Catarata, siendo los SCN los más frecuentemente encontrados en ambos grupos de pacientes. 2. Las bacterias más comúnmente aisladas permanecen altamente sensibles a Cloramfenicol, Tobramicina, Moxifloxacino y Gatifloxacino.
Purpose: To know and provide a background on antibiotic susceptibility of normal ocular surface bacterial flora isolated from two different social and age groups of patients undergoing LASIK and cataract surgery in our country. Material and Methods: Conjunctival samples of 221 patients in a LASIK group and 180 patients in a cataract surgery group were cultivated. When there were a positive cultures, isolation and identification of the bacteria were made and antibiotic susceptibility tests were carried out, using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique for twelve antibiotics. Statistical analysis was performed using chi-square and exact Fisher test. Results: There were 66.8 percent of positive cultures, most of them gram positives. The most frequently isolated bacteria were the CNS (92,2 percent) that showed high sensitivity for Chloramphenicol, Tobramycin, Moxifloxacin and Gatifloxacin, intermedia for Levofloxacin, Gentamicin and Ciprofloxacin and lowest for Erytomycin, Oxacillin, Cefalotin and Ceftriaxone (p<0,01). All the cultures were susceptible to Vancomycin. There was not statistically difference between LASIK and cataract group. Conclusions: 1. For the first time, our results have shown that the conjunctival flora and its sensitivity to antibiotics are similar in the conjunctival flora of the patients undergoing LASIK surgery and Cataract, being CNS the bacterium most frequently found in both different groups of patients. 2. The most frequently isolated conjunctival bacteria remained highly sensitive to Chloramphenicol, Tobramycin, Moxifloxacin and Gatifloxacin.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Bacteria/isolation & purification , Bacteria , Conjunctiva/microbiology , Age Factors , Gram-Positive Bacteria/isolation & purification , Gram-Positive Bacteria , Chi-Square Distribution , Cataract/microbiology , Chloramphenicol/pharmacology , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Preoperative Care , Quinolines/pharmacology , Socioeconomic Factors , Tobramycin/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Purpose: The primary ocular targets of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are the lacrimal gland (LG) and the conjunctiva, and their involvement results in keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequancy of signs and symptoms of KCS present in patients submitted to BMT, to identify the cellular phenotype of the conjunctival and lacrimal gland biopsies of these patients by immunohistochemistry and to correlate the findings with the present of dry eye due to GVHD. Methods: Forty-Seven patients were clinically classified into two groups: group I, with ocular GVHD, submitted to allogeneic BMT and Group II, without ocular GVHD, submitted to autologous and allogeneic BMT. Thorough eye examination, including clinical lacrimal function tests and biopsies of the conjunctiva and of the LG were performed in the pre- and posttransplantation period, The biopsies were submitted to imunohistochemical analysis using a panel of monoclonal antibodies. Results: Of the 28 (84,4 percent) patients with chronic GVHD, 13 (46,4 percent) presented ocular GVHD. Of the six patients without GVHD, one (16,7 percent) presented ocular GVHD. None of those submitted to autologous BMT presented ocular GVHD and 14 (41,2 percent) of 34 patients with allogeneic BMT presented ocular GVHD. All patients with ocular GVHD (Group I) has symptoms and the most frequent were burning, foreign body sensation, blurred vision and dryness. the rose bengal test was one of the most sensitive in this study and slit lamp examination was very useful in the evaluation of corneal and conjunctival alterations, since these alterations were always present in patients with dry eye in our study. neither symptoms and signs of dry eye nor significant immunologic reaction was observed in the conjunctiva and in the LG of patients without ocular GVHD (Group II). There was as increase in the T Lymphocyte population, Of the helper lymphocyte (Th/i) and the supressor-cytotoxic lymphocyte (Ts/c) subpopulaton in the conjunctiva and in the LG of patients with ocular GVHD after the transplantation. Conclusions: Patients submitted to allogeneic BMT may develop ocular GHVD characterized by KCS. The immunohistochemical study of the conjunctiva and lacrimal gland biopsies of these patients suggested that these tissue are the target of the T cell mediated immunological reaction.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Conjunctiva , Graft vs Host Disease , Immunohistochemistry , Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca , Lacrimal Apparatus , Bone Marrow Transplantation/adverse effects , Biopsy , Chronic DiseaseABSTRACT
Se estudiaron 1.213 personas, mayores de 18 años, en diferentes sitios e instituciones del Estada Carabobo. Se encontró un 33% de hipertensos, 51% de ellos eran de sexo femenino; 70% fueron clasificados como hipertensos "leves" y el 6% fue considerado como hipertenso "severo". Cerca del 57% tenía una edad comprendida entre los 30 y los 49 años de edad. El 62% ya se conocía como hipertenso para el momento de la encuesta, la mitad de los cuales habían estado alguna vez en control médico y a su vez la mitad de éstos, ya lo habían abandonado para el momento de nuestro estudio. De aquellos que aún permanecian en control médico, apenas el 28% mostraban cifras de presión diastólica dentro de límites normales. Los analfabetas y las personas con instrucción universitaria fueron los que más abandonaron la terapia hipotensora. También los universitarios, fueron los que más ignoraban que fuesen hipertensos