[Survey of fungi and bacterinum of the conjunctival sac in Guangzhou area].
This paper presents the results of fungal culture from healthy conjunctival sac in 178 eyes. The rate of positive culture of the fungi was 25% in farmers, 11.1% in cleaners, and 8.8% in city residents respectively. Culture for aerobic was carried out in the samples from conjunctival sacs of 137 eyes. The rate of positive culture was 71.9% in farmers, 80.6% in cleaners, and 23.2% in city residents respectively. On the other hand, the rate of fungal positive culture was 9.7% and that of aerobic was 30% in the patients managed with steroid eyedrops for more than one month. The aspergillus and penicillium were the most commonly seen species among the isolated fungal strain, whereas the staphylococci and streptococcus pneumonia were the most common among the isolated aerobic. The results run parallel to the fact that the main pathogens of ocular infection seen clinically are fungi and aerobics. The authors emphasize that the conjunctival sac should be disinfected to prevent infections caused by opportunistic pathogens.
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Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002681:China; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010407:Penicillium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012424:Rural Population; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification