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Table 2 Remission rate of antibiotic therapy and cure rate of surgery

From: Microbiological isolates and associated complications of dacryocystitis and canaliculitis in a prominent tertiary ophthalmic teaching hospital in northern China

 

Antibiotic

Surgery

Return visits

(N)

Remission rate(14 days)

N(%)

Observation

(N)

Cure rate

N(%)

Acute dacryocystitis

73

53 (72.7)

9

7 (77.8)

Chronic dacryocystitis

175

74 (42.3)

51

47 (92.2)

Canaliculitis

45

24 (53.3)

14

12 (85.7)

Total

293

151 (51.5)

74

66 (89.2)

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BMC Ophthalmology

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