Microbial contamination of the anterior chamber during cataract phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation in dogs.

摘要: The objective of this study was to determine the frequency intraoperative contamination anterior chamber with viable microorganisms during cataract phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation, evaluate relationship contaminant patients' extraocular nasal cavity floras. Also, impact various aspects patient history procedure on incidence positive postoperative cultures investigated. Twenty-two eyes from 13 dogs presented for elective implantation were studied. Preoperatively, microbiologic samples conjunctiva, eyelid margins, nares, rostral collected. Postoperatively, fluid aspirated. Samples submitted aerobic/anaerobic bacteriologic culture antimicrobial susceptibility, Mycoplasma culture, fungal culture. Anterior aspirates collected at conclusion surgery least one organism in 22.7% eyes. Three aerobic bacteria three fungi isolated aspirates. Two bacterium typed identically, had a similar antibiogram organisms recovered patient's conjunctiva margin. No statistically significant difference found investigated surgical variables. We conclude that bacterial is common occurrence canine patients undergoing external ocular flora likely source some these contaminating microorganisms. This independent variables