Kocuria rhizophila dacryocystitis: Report of a rare causative organism in a common clinical condition

A 3-year-old female child presented to us with complaints of watering in the left eye since birth, along with swelling near the medial canthus of the left eye for 1 week. External examination revealed a burst lacrimal sac abscess. The child underwent left eye probing with intubation. Cultures of the...

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Published inTNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 57 - 59
Main Authors Sheerin, A, Anand, A, Mukherjee, Bipasha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2022
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
dacryocystitis
dacryocystorhinostomy
kocuria rhizophila
probing
probing
dacryocystorhinostomy
Kocuria rhizophila
Dacryocystitis
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Summary:A 3-year-old female child presented to us with complaints of watering in the left eye since birth, along with swelling near the medial canthus of the left eye for 1 week. External examination revealed a burst lacrimal sac abscess. The child underwent left eye probing with intubation. Cultures of the lacrimal sac contents revealed Kocuria rhizophila, a Gram-positive bacterium, as the primary pathogen. K. rhizophila was identified based on phenotypic characteristics and the VITEK-2 system. On follow-up visit, she had a recurrence of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with discharge from the left eye and subsequently underwent dacryocystorhinostomy. This study reports the first case K. rhizophila dacryocystitis, its clinicomicrobiological correlation, and management.
ISSN:2589-4528
2589-4536
2589-4528
DOI:10.4103/tjosr.tjosr_113_21