BACTERIAL CORNEAL DISEASES: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES AND OUTCOMES

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the corneal bacterial infections, their reasons, course, treatment and outcomes. The study involved 81 patients that were treated in the ophthalmic department of regional hospital № 3 in Chelyabinsk. Among all corneal infectious pro-cesses of bacterial etiology, corneal ulcers are the most widespread. Infectious diseases mostly develop after injuries of the eye (23,4%), advanced - staged glaucoma in decompensation (11,1%). In 17,3% of cases the treatment of bacterial keratitis was ineffective. In 81,5% of cases bacterial swab test of conjunctiva showed no signs of microflora growth. Staphylococcus aureus is the main causative organism (8,6%). Combination of Fluoroquinolone antibiotics in eye drops and parenteral forms of Cephalosporin antibiotics is commonly used for treatment of these diseases. Recovery of the patient is outcome in 71,6% of this cases. 28,4% of the cases ended up with enucleation or evisceration of the eye.