EC Ophthalmology

Introduction: In this study the state of the problem of dacryocystitis of newborns in the southern region of the Krasnodar Territory is considered.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to improve the treatment of dacryocystitis of newborns, taking into account the health profiles of the newborn and the characteristics of the microbial spectrum of pathogens in the Krasnodar Territory.

Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of 724 outpatient charts and medical histories of children with dacryocystitis of newborns (868 eyes) treated in 2010 - 2015 years. A comprehensive examination of children with dacryocystitis of newborns included history taking and clarification of complaints from parents; collection of data on previous treatment in the outpatient polyclinic network; examination of the eyeball and the lacrimal apparatus; diagnostic fluorescein tests; Ultrasound examination; consultations of a pediatrician and other doctors.

Results and Discussion: On sufficiently large factual clinical material revealed some regional features of dacryocystitis of newborns, in particular, the frequency and nature of concomitant somatic and eye pathology, as well as the frequency and nature of various pathogens of this disease.

Conclusion: The conditional profile of dacryocystitis of newborns reflects the characteristics of the disease of children, living in the south of Russia, in the Krasnodar Territory. The predominance of pathogens isolated in phlegmonous dacryocystitis of newborns in this region has been established - Staphylococcus epidermidis (46.1%) and Staphylococcus aureus (10.3%), which additionally characterizes the disease in this region.

Keywords: Inflammation of the Lacrimal Sac; Dacryocystitis of Newborns; Pathogens