title: Clinical and bacteriological study of normal and inflamed neonatal conjunctivae.
abstract: Maternal vaginal and neonatal conjunctival flora were prospectively studied in a 117 mother baby pairs. The commonest isolates from both vaginal and conjunctival flora were E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella species. In 85% of mother-baby dyads, isolates from vagina and conjunctiva were similar. The commonest bacterial isolates in neonates with conjunctivitis were Staphylococcus aureus (37.4%), E. coli (27.9%) and Klebsiella species (19.3%). Maternal coitus, infections, rupture of membranes and baby's birth weight and sex did not influence the occurrence of conjunctivitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thirupuram
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prakash
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology; D003234:Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / Q000151:congenital / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology