Estudo epidemiológico da dacriocistite crônica / Epidemiological study of chronic dacryocystitis

OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste projeto de pesquisa é documentar as características epidemiológicas dos casos de dacriocistites crônicas atendidos em um hospital público. MÉTODOS: Estudo retrospectivo e documental dos prontuários de 60 pacientes com história pregressa de dacriocistite crônica que foram atendidos, no período de 12 de janeiro de 2009 a 9 de junho de 2010. Os pacientes, no período em estudo, foram submetidos à avaliação oftalmológica: inspeção ocular, biomicroscopia,Teste de Milder e Teste de Jones I e II. RESULTADOS: A média de idade dos pacientes com dacriocistite crônica atendidos foi de 55 anos, sendo 73 por cento (44) do sexo feminino e 27 por cento (16) do sexo masculino. O envolvimento unilateral ocorreu em 95 por cento (57) dos casos de dacriocistite crônica e somente 5 por cento (3) foram bilaterais.. Neste trabalho, o acometimento do lado direito foi de 45 por cento (26) e do lado esquerdo 55 por cento (31) respectivamente. Em relação à raça, prevaleceu a branca com 92 por cento (54) dos casos de dacriocistite crônica e 8 por cento (6 ) da raça negra. A evolução para dacriocistite aguda ocorreu em 20 por cento dos pacientes. Em relação à etiologia da dacriocistite crônica, houve predominância da idiopática em 95 por cento ( 57) dos casos e somente 5 por cento (3) devido a trauma. CONCLUSÃO: A dacriocistite é mais frequente nas mulheres, rara na raça negra e apresenta predisposição hereditária, aumentando a incidência a partir da 6ª década.

PURPOSE: The goal of this project is to document the epidemiological characteristics of chronic dacryocystitis cases assisted in a public hospital. METHODS: This is a retrospective study of medical records of patients who developed chronic dacryocystitis assisted in the period of january 12th , 2009 to june 9th, 2010 .The patients were ophthalmologist evaluated: ocular inspection, biomicroscopy, Milder Test, Test of Jones I and II. RESULTS: The gender with chronic dacryocystitis belonged to 55 years. There were 73 percent female and 27 percent male.The unilateral involvement occurred in 95 percent of the cases and only 5 percent were bilateral. In this work, the side of this pathology was on the right in 45 percent and on the left in 55 percent. Negroid races have a lower rate of illness than caucasians.Regarding the chronic dacryocystitis ethiology, there was a predominance of the idiopathic in 95 percent of the cases and only 5 percent of trauma. CONCLUSION: The dacryocystitis is more frequent in women, rare in blacks and presents hereditary predisposition, increasing the incidence from the 6th decade.

Epidemiologia y etiología de la dacriocistitis aguda en el servicio de oftalmología del Hospital Guillermo Grant Benavente, Concepción: Chile / Epidemiology and etiology of acute dacryocystitis in the ophthalmology service of the Guillermo Grant Benavente Hospital, Concepcion. Chile

La Dacriocistitis Aguda (DA) consiste en una inflamación del saco lagrimal y conducto nasolagrimal, secundario a un proceso infeccioso mayoritariamente o a estenosis senil del conducto, traumatismos, tumores, sinusitis, conjuntivitis crónica y/o canaliculitis. Los grupos etarios más afectados son los lactantes y personas de edad avanzada, especialmente mujeres. Los agentes infecciosos más frecuentemente involucrados son Staphylococcus aureus y Streptococcus beta-hemolítico. Objetivos: Determinar la frecuencia de la patología, tiempo de hospitalización, la distribución por edad, la prevalencia por sexo de esta patología, tipo de tratamiento recibido por los pacientes. Metodología: los datos requeridos para el estudio se obtuvieron de la revisión de los antecedentes de hospitalización y de las fichas clínicas. Resultados: En un total de 1.870 hospitalizaciones oftalmológicas efectuadas entre Junio y Diciembre de 2007, 102 fueron por DA (5,5 por ciento). El 78 por ciento de estos era de sexo femenino y el mayor número de consultas se dieron en personas con edades entre los 70 y 79 años (33.3 por ciento). El 52.9 por ciento de los casos necesitó solo un día de hospitalización, recibiendo tratamiento sistémico el 15,7 por ciento de los pacientes que presentaba complicaciones o reagudización del cuadro. Conclusiones: El porcentaje de hospitalizaciones por DA constituye el 5,5 por ciento del total de hospitalizaciones por patologías oculares, la cual se manifiesta mayormente en mujeres adultas mayores, con hospitalizaciones de un día y antibióticoterapia sistémica efectuada con cloxacilina.

Acute dacryocystitis is an inflammation of the lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct, mostly secondary infection process, or senile duct stenosis, trauma, tumors, sinusitis, or chronic conjunctivitis and canaliculitis. The age groups most affected are infants and elderly, especially women. Infectious agents most commonly involved are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus beta-hemolytic. There are no epidemiological studies or history of national and local causative of this condition. Objectives: To determine the frequency of hospitalization, the age distribution by sex and prevalence of this disease, know the length of hospital employee and the treatment received by patients Methodology: The data required for the study was obtained from a review of clinical records of patients Results. A total of 1870 hospitalizations eye made between June and Oecember 2007, 102 were for dacryocystitis (55 percent). 78 percent of patients were female and the largest number of inquiries occurred in patients aged 70 to 79 years (33.3 percent) The 52.9 percent of cases needed only one day of hospitalization, receiving systemic treatment for 15.7 percent of patients had complications or exacerbation of the clinical, being the drug of choice, cloxacillin. Conclusions: The incidence of hospitalizations for acute dacryocystitis is 5.5 percent of total hospitalizations for ocular pathologies. Oacryocystitis occurs mostly in older adults, whose age ranges are between 60 and 89 years, mostly female. The hospitalization time required is not more than one day to prepare for surgery, for the treatment of infectious event is performed as an outpatient. Systemic antibiotic therapy conducted in patients who show no response to empiric therapy is cloxacillin.

Microbiology of dacryocystitis among adults population in southern Australia.

Retrospective study on microbiology of dacryocystitis cases in adults was carried out at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH). Sixty-four consecutive cases seen between March 2000 and June 2003 were included. Seventy-nine organisms were isolated from the sixty-six samples (1.2/specimen). Aerobic or facultative bacteria were recovered in 76 (96.2), fungi from two specimens (2.5%). And anaerobic bacteria from only one specimen (1.3%). Staphylococcus aureus (27), was most common followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6), Proteus mirabilis (4), Hemophilus parainfluenza (4) and H. influenza (4). Fifty-four samples showed single organism while 12 samples showed multiple organisms. Overall, Gram-positive organisms were predominating (54.4%) over Gram negative (41.8%) organisms. The current bacteriology of lacrimal duct obstruction in the population served by the RVEEH should be taken into account while selecting first line antimicrobial treatment for dacryocystitis and in prophylaxis in lacrimal drainage surgery.