Conjunctival microbial flora in leprosy
Garg, S.P.; Kalra, V.K.; Verma, L.; Mahajan, V.M.
Indian Journal of Leprosy 62(1): 39-44
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-9395 PMID: 2358703 Document Number: 356430
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.