title: Acute suppurative bacterial dacryoadenitis: a rare case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of lacrimal gland abscess.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An 11-year-old boy with respiratory tract infection presented acutely with an enlarging, painful mass in the superotemporal fornix in his left eye. Clinical evaluation and computerized tomography scan of the orbit revealed a lacrimal gland abscess. Conjunctival swab and sputum grew Klebsiella pneumoniae. The child was treated with intravenous amikacin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lacrimal gland abscess is a rare clinical entity. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated dacryoadenitis complicated by lacrimal gland abscess formation in a pediatric patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa - India.
authors.forename: Shivcharan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chandravanshi
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mishra
mesh_terms: D000583:Amikacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013492:Suppuration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000583:Amikacin