Table 2 The number and percentage of bacterial isolates from dacryocystitis cases
From: Clinicobacteriological study of chronic dacryocystitis in Egypt
Name of the bacterial isolate recovered | Number of organisms | % of positive cultures (n = 15) | % of all organisms (n = 18) | Total no. of positive samples | % of all culture samples (n = 25) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Gram-positive cocci: | 12 | 80 | 66.7 | 9 | 36 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 3 | 20 | 16.6 | 3 | 12 |
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci | 4 | 26.6 | 22.2 | 4 | 16 |
Streptococcus pneumonia | 4 | 26.6 | 22.2 | 4 | 16 |
Streptococcus viridans | 1 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 1 | 4 |
Fungal organisms: Candida species | 1 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 1 | 4 |
Total Gram-negative bacilli | 5 | 33.3 | 27.7 | 5 | 20 |
Pseudomonas species | 2 | 13.3 | 11 | 2 | 8 |
Klebsiella species | 3 | 20 | 16.6 | 3 | 12 |
Total Gram-positive and Gram-negative | 18 | 120 | 100 | 25 | 72 |