Ceratite infecciosa em crianças: estudo microbiológico e epidemiológico em um hospital universitário de Assunção - Paraguai

• Autor(a) principal: Maidana, Eduardo
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Outros Autores: González, Richard, Melo Júnior, Luiz Alberto Soares De [UNIFESP], Souza, Luciene Barbosa De [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• dARK ID: ark:/48912/001300000v02g
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492005000600021; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2799
• topic: Keratitis; Corneal diseases; Corneal ulcer; Eye infections, fungal; Paraguay; Child; Ceratite; Doenças corneanas; Úlcera da córnea; Infecções oculares fúngicas; Paraguai; Criança

PURPOSE: To describe the microbiologic aspects of infectious keratitis in children (0-18 years old) examined at the Department of Ophthalmology of the National University of Asunción - Paraguay, during a 14-year period (1988-2002). METHODS: The authors retrospectively studied 146 children, under 18 years old, with infectious keratitis at the Department of Ophthalmology of the National University of Asunción - Paraguay, from 1988 to 2002. RESULTS: The cultures were positive in 113 patients (77%) with 70% of bacterial and 30% of fungal etiology. Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (23.1%), Staphylococcus aureus (19.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (12.8%) and Streptococcus pneumoniae (12.8%) were the most common microorganisms isolated. Acremonium ssp (25%), Fusarium ssp (14%) and Aspergillus fumigatus (14%) were the fungi isolated. CONCLUSIONS: Ulcerative keratitis in children examined at the Department of Ophthalmology of the National University of Asunción - Paraguay is of bacterial origin in most of the cases.