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Article: Conjunctival microbial flora in leprosy.(Original Article)
- Article from:
- Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
- Article date:
- March 1, 1991
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Byline: S. Garg, V. Kalra, Lalit. Verma
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 in the outer eye. Surprisingly, 46.2% of the eyes which showed a positive culture carried accepted pathogens; Staphylococcus aureus being the commonest. Determining the preoperative bacterial flora and their elimination before undertaking intraocular surgery is recommended.
INTRODUCTION
There is no disease which so frequently gives rise to disorders of the eye, as leprosy does. There are an estimated 500,000 to 750,000 patients in the world who ...