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.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2358703?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1990 Jan-Mar IS - 1 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 1990 SP - 39 EP - 44 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Conjunctival microbial flora in leprosy. VL - 62 SN - 0254-9395 ER -