TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Agar
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Candida
KW - Caregivers
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Conjunctiva
KW - Culture Media
KW - Female
KW - Fungi
KW - Hospitalization
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Penicillium
KW - Statistics, Nonparametric
AU - Santos PM
AU - Melo CM
AU - Martins SAR
AU - Chaves AA
AU - Sá DSP
AU - Santos RCR
AB - <p><b>PURPOSE: </b>To study the conjunctival fungal flora of patients with leprosy who live in the colony hospital and of those who deal with "Hansen" patients.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Sixty-one eyes (61 patients) with Hansen's disease and twenty-five healthy eyes (25 individuals) of individuals who deal with patients were investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Conjunctival fungi growth occurred in 19.67% and 20% of the patients and healthy individuals, respectively. There was no significant difference (p<0.05) regarding fungi percentage of fungi isolated from the conjunctiva between both groups. Candida ssp was the most frequent fungus isolated from the conjunctiva of patients with Hansen's disease, whereas Penicillium spp was the most frequent fungus isolated from the group of people who deal with these patients.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>The most frequent yeast isolated from conjunctival samples of leprosy patients was Candida, which could be explained by cellular immunodeficiency of these patients, associated with dry eye and the prolonged use of antibiotics.</p>
BT - Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17273688?dopt=Abstract
CN - SANTOS2006
DA - 2006 Nov-Dec
DO - 10.1590/s0004-27492006000600022
IS - 6
J2 - Arq Bras Oftalmol
LA - por
N2 - <p><b>PURPOSE: </b>To study the conjunctival fungal flora of patients with leprosy who live in the colony hospital and of those who deal with "Hansen" patients.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Sixty-one eyes (61 patients) with Hansen's disease and twenty-five healthy eyes (25 individuals) of individuals who deal with patients were investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Conjunctival fungi growth occurred in 19.67% and 20% of the patients and healthy individuals, respectively. There was no significant difference (p<0.05) regarding fungi percentage of fungi isolated from the conjunctiva between both groups. Candida ssp was the most frequent fungus isolated from the conjunctiva of patients with Hansen's disease, whereas Penicillium spp was the most frequent fungus isolated from the group of people who deal with these patients.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>The most frequent yeast isolated from conjunctival samples of leprosy patients was Candida, which could be explained by cellular immunodeficiency of these patients, associated with dry eye and the prolonged use of antibiotics.</p>
PY - 2006
SP - 915
EP - 8
T2 - Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
TI - [Study of ocular fungal microbiota in patients with Hansen's disease and in individuals who deal with them].
VL - 69
SN - 0004-2749
ER -