Canaliculitis caused by Enterobacter cloacae: report of a case.
A 65-year-old man developed canaliculitis first of the left lower and later of the left upper lacrimal canaliculus. Mucoid material expressed from the upper canaliculus grew a pure culture of Enterobacter cloacae, the colonies of which had a stringy, tenacious, mucoid property consistent with the clinical findings. Treatment with topical chloramphenicol and oral ampicillin was followed by complete resolution.
D000368:Aged; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D002701:Chloramphenicol; D000667:Ampicillin