title: [Comparative characteristics of the antibioticograms and biological properties of the staphylococci isolated from patients with various eye diseases].
abstract: A total of 1488 examinations of the conjunctival content of patients with various ophthalmic diseases were performed within 5 years (1973--1977). 989 (66.4 per cent) cultures were isolated. Staphylococci were isolated in 79.2 per cent of the patients irrespective of the diagnosis. The plasma-coagulating strains were isolated in 43.6 per cent of the patients with acute conjunctivitis. The plasma-negative staphylococci were more frequent in chronic conjunctivitis (83.5 per cent). A total of 188 strains were studied according to 18 tests. Determination of the antibiotic sensitivity showed that the number of the benzylpenicillin and tetracycline resistant strains among the plasma-coagulating staphylococci was higher in the patients with acute ophthalmic diseases. In chronic conjunctivitis no differences in the antibiotic sensitivity of the plasma-coagulating and plasma-negative strains were noted. Similar antibiotic sensitivity of all plasma-negative staphylococci irrespective of the diagnosis was found. High biological activity of the plasma-negative staphylococci was shown: 74.1 per cent of the isolates possessed phosphatase, 59.8 per cent possessed protease and 88.4 per cent a lysozyme-like enzyme. The strains isolated in chronic conjunctivitis produced protease more frequently that those isolated in acute ophthalmic diseases.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003030:Coagulase
vernacular_title: Sravnitel'naia kharakteristika antibiotikogramm i biologicheskikh svoĭstv stafilokokkov, vydelennykh ot bol'nykh s razlichnymi zabolevaniiami glaz.