00979nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001300059653001600072653001100088653001200099653002600111100001300137700001400150700001200164700001600176245004500192300001000237490000700247050003200254520043700286022001400723       1990                            d  c1990 Jan-Mar10aBacteria10aConjunctiva10aHumans10aleprosy10aStaphylococcus aureus1 aGarg S P1 aKalra V K1 aVerma L1 aMahajan V M00aConjunctival microbial flora in leprosy.  a39-440 v62  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Conjunctival sacs of seventy-one leprosy patients, paramedical and medical personnel working in a Leprosy Home were cultured. None of these eyes had any pathology of the outer eye. Surprisingly, 46.2% of the culturally positive eyes carried accepted pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus being the commonest. Determining the preoperative bacterial flora and their elimination before undertaking intraocular surgery is recommended.</p>  a0254-9395