Abstract:Objective To explore the clinical effect of antibiotic and surgical treatment for staphylococcus infection of congenital preauricular fistula in children. Methods Clinical data of 48 patients with congenital preauricular fistula infection caused by staphylococcus admitted to our department from June 2016 to June 2024 were retrospectively analyzed. Of them, 16 were male and 32 were female, ranging in age from 4 months to 18 years with an average of (5.29±3.73) years. According to staphylococcus species, the patients were divided into Staphylococcus aureus group (19 cases) and coagulase-negative staphylococcus group (29 cases). The differences of grade B incision healing and antibiotic use between the two groups were compared, so as to find more reasonable antibiotic selection and surgical outcomes. Results Grade B incision healing occurred in 5 of 19 patients of the staphylococcus aureus group and 0 of 29 patients of the coagulase-negative staphylococcus group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Four cases in the staphylococcus aureus group and none in the coagulase-negative staphylococcus group received special antibiotics treatment, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The sensitive rates of staphylococcus to linezolid, vancomycin and compound sulfamethoxazole were 100%, and that to oxacillin was 53.33%. Forty-one (85.42%) of all the patients achieved grade A healing after treatment with non-specific antibiotics and preauricular fistula resection. Two patients (4.17%) experienced adverse reactions such as rash after using antibiotics, and the antibiotics with adverse reactions in both cases was compound sulfamethoxazole. Conclusions Coagulase-negative staphylococcus is the main pathogenic bacterium in congenital preauricular fistula infection with staphylococcus in children. In patients with congenital preauricular fistula infected by staphylococcus aureus, there is a higher rate of use of special antibiotics and a higher rate of grade B incision healing. When infected with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, medication should be guided by drug sensitivity results, and it is recommended to use linezolid, vancomycin, or compound sulfamethoxazole, but caution should be taken against adverse reactions of compound sulfamethoxazole. And specific antibiotics and preauricular fistula resection as well as debridement are recommended for those patients.