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. 2001 Oct;111(10):1771-3.
doi: 10.1097/00005537-200110000-00020.

The microbiology of mucopyocele

I Brook  1 , E H Frazier
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The microbiology of mucopyocele

I Brook et al. Laryngoscope. 2001 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of mucopyocele.

Study design: Retrospective review of clinical and microbiologic records of patients with mucopyocele between June 1982 and September 1997.

Methods: Aspirates of 36 mucopyocele were processed for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.

Results: One hundred six bacterial isolates, 42 aerobic and facultatives and 64 anaerobic, were recovered. The predominant aerobic isolates were Staphylococcus aureus (6 isolates), alpha-hemolytic streptococci (6), Hemophilus spp. (5), and Gram-negative bacilli (6). The predominant anaerobes were Peptostreptococcus sp. (22), Prevotella sp. (15), Fusobacterium sp. (5), and Propionibacterium acnes(5). Thirty-three beta-lactamase-producing bacteria were isolated from 23 patients.

Conclusions: These findings illustrate the polymicrobial aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of mucopyocele.

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