[Fusobacterium nucleatum isolated from a patient presenting lachrymal canaliculitis].
A 68-year-old woman presented with a painless inflammation of the right superior eyelid that had started several weeks before. The clinical diagnosis concluded in canaliculitis and the solid concretions were surgically extracted from the superior canalicula. The anaerobic bacteria Fusobacterium nucleatum sp. nucleatum was isolated. Signs dramatically regressed two weeks after surgery followed by one course of oral amoxicillin and clavulanic acid associated with topical tobramycin. The clinical signs had disappeared two months later.
Laboratoire de biologie, centre hospitalier national d'ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingt, 28, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, France.
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E
Borsali
P
P
Goldschmidt
F
F
Mann
M
M
Sterkers
A
A
Le Bouter
N
N
Ailem
P
P
Legrand
T
T
Gaujoux
L
L
Batellier
M-L
ML
Sullam-Rea
T
T
Bouaziz
J A
JA
Sahel
C
C
Chaumeil
D000368:Aged; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069282:Canaliculitis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology; D003607:Dacryocystitis; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016967:Fusobacterium nucleatum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007767:Lacrimal Duct Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D014031:Tobramycin