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<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-21762019000100011</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Contaminación bacteriana de cámara anterior durante la cirugía de catarata]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Anterior chamber bacterial contamination during cataract surgery]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Ramos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Heidy]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Ramos López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Meisy]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Raúl]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz Lorenzo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Suárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Belkis]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pedroso Araujo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mayra]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología &#8220;Ramón Pando Ferrer&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Objetivo:  Determinar la existencia de contaminación bacteriana en cámara anterior durante la cirugía de catarata.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio transversal de serie de casos, en el cual participaron los pacientes sometidos a cirugía de catarata en el Servicio de Microcirugía Ocular del Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología &#8220;Ramón Pando Ferrer&#8221;, en el período comprendido de enero del año 2015 a diciembre 2016. Se relacionaron los antecedentes patológicos personales oculares y sistémicos, los factores de riesgo asociados y las complicaciones transoperatorias con la presencia de bacterias en la cámara anterior al final de la cirugía. Los pacientes fueron seleccionados aleatoriamente en el salón de cirugía. La muestra quedó constituida por 200 pacientes y divididos en tres grupos dependiendo de la experiencia de los cirujanos.  Resultados:  Al inicio del proceder quirúrgico, el 100 % de los cultivos fueron negativos, mientras que al final de la cirugía se detectó crecimiento bacteriano en el 3 %. Los gérmenes Gram positivos fueron los de mayor frecuencia (66,6 %) donde el Staphylococcus epidermidis se aisló en un 50 % de los casos. No existió relación significativa entre antecedentes patológicos personales oculares, sistémicos y los factores de riesgo asociados. La ruptura de la cápsula posterior fue la complicación transoperatoria más frecuente y al 4,7 % se le detectó crecimiento bacteriano.  Conclusión:  Se detecta una baja frecuencia de contaminación de la cámara anterior al final de la cirugía de catarata y los gérmenes comúnmente encontrados están relacionados con la microbiota de la superficie ocular.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Objective:  Determine the presence of anterior chamber bacterial contamination during cataract surgery.  Methods:  A cross-sectional case-series study was conducted of patients undergoing cataract surgery at the Ocular Microsurgery Service of Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology from January 2015 to December 2016. Personal ocular and systemic pathological antecedents, associated risk factors and perioperative complications, were related to the presence of anterior chamber bacterial contamination at the end of surgery. Patients were randomly selected in the operating room. The sample was composed of 200 patients, who were divided into three groups according to the surgeons' experience.  Results:  At the start of the surgical procedure, 100 % of the cultures were negative, whereas at the end 3 % bacterial growth was detected. Gram-positive germs were the most common (66.6 %), with Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated in 50 % of the cases. No significant relationship was found between personal ocular or systemic pathological antecedents and associated risk factors. Posterior capsule rupture was the most frequent intraoperative complication, with 4.7 % bacterial growth detected.  Conclusion:  Low frequency of anterior chamber contamination was detected at the end of cataract surgery, and the germs commonly found are related to the ocular surface microbiota.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Catarata]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cámara anterior]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[endoftalmitis posquirúrgica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cataract]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[contamination]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[anterior chamber]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[post-surgical endophthalmitis]]></kwd>
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