The microbiology of mucopyocele.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of mucopyocele.


METHODS
Retrospective review of clinical and microbiologic records of patients with mucopyocele between June 1982 and September 1997.


METHODS
Aspirates of 36 mucopyocele were processed for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.


RESULTS
One hundred six bacterial isolates, 42 aerobic and facultatives and 64 anaerobic, were recovered. The predominant aerobic isolates were Staphylococcus aureus (6 isolates), alpha-hemolytic streptococci (6), Hemophilus spp. (5), and Gram-negative bacilli (6). The predominant anaerobes were Peptostreptococcus sp. (22), Prevotella sp. (15), Fusobacterium sp. (5), and Propionibacterium acnes(5). Thirty-three beta-lactamase-producing bacteria were isolated from 23 patients.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings illustrate the polymicrobial aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of mucopyocele.
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Department of Pediatrics and Infectious Disease, Navy Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. dribrook@yahoo.com
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D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery