Cryptic and non cryptic bacterial ophthalmitis

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Aim of the present work was to investigate ; cryptic & non-cryptic bacterial eye infections.

Three disease entities were tackeld ; Conjunctivitis, Dacryocystitis & Lid infections.

101eye`s swabs were collected from eyes of these patients who referred to AL-Hessian & AL-Hindiya hospitalsThe results indicated that the rate of bacterial infections were 93 % distributed as 73.2 % in Conjuctivitis, 11.8 % in Lid infections & 8.0 % in Dacryocytitis.

Each swab was cultured by seven methods, these methods lies in three techniques ; serial culture technique, dilution technique &biphasic media to isolate &localize walled & cell wall deficient bacteria (CWDB).

Culture results showed that the rate of mixed infections including walled bacteria & CWDB were 18.8 % while single infections rates were 73.2 % for walled bacteria & 1 % for CWDB.

Staphylococcus aureus was found to be the commonest bacterial cause of eye infections.

It was with a percentage of 14.8 % in Conjunctivitis, Dacryocystitis & Lidinfections The antibiotic sensitivity was studied for CWDB clinical isolates, The CWDB isolates showed full resistant (100 %) to pencillin, ampicillin but were sensitive to ciprofloxacine with a percentage of 70 %.