Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection

Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection

Ahmad M Mansour,1,2 Haytham I Salti11Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, 2Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, LebanonAbstract: We present two patients with active, foul-smelling, methicillin-resistant ­Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wounds of the forehead and ste...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7972312f397043bcaaa615df892864952021-12-02T01:00:31ZCataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/7972312f397043bcaaa615df892864952014-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/cataract-surgery-during-active-methicillin-resistant-staphylococcus-au-a16464https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483 Ahmad M Mansour,1,2 Haytham I Salti11Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, 2Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, LebanonAbstract: We present two patients with active, foul-smelling, methicillin-resistant ­Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wounds of the forehead and sternum following craniotomy or open heart surgery. Both had debilitating cataracts and were told by the infectious diseases team that cataract surgery is very risky. Both underwent sequential bilateral phacoemulsification with no sign of infection. Patients with active MRSA wound infections may safely undergo cataract surgery with additional precautions observed intraoperatively (good wound construction) and postoperatively (topical antibiotics and close observation). Banning such surgeries can unnecessarily jeopardize the lifestyles of such patients.Keywords: cataract, infection, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, phacoe­mulsificationMansour AMSalti HIDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2014, Iss default, Pp 739-742 (2014)
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Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
description Ahmad M Mansour,1,2 Haytham I Salti11Department of Ophthalmology, American University of Beirut, 2Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Beirut, LebanonAbstract: We present two patients with active, foul-smelling, methicillin-resistant ­Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wounds of the forehead and sternum following craniotomy or open heart surgery. Both had debilitating cataracts and were told by the infectious diseases team that cataract surgery is very risky. Both underwent sequential bilateral phacoemulsification with no sign of infection. Patients with active MRSA wound infections may safely undergo cataract surgery with additional precautions observed intraoperatively (good wound construction) and postoperatively (topical antibiotics and close observation). Banning such surgeries can unnecessarily jeopardize the lifestyles of such patients.Keywords: cataract, infection, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, phacoe­mulsification
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author Mansour AM
Salti HI
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Salti HI
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title Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
title_short Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
title_full Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
title_fullStr Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
title_full_unstemmed Cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
title_sort cataract surgery during active methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2014
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