title: Prevalence of the microbiologic flora in contact lens wearers at the Puerto Rico Medical Center.
abstract: The prevalence of microbioogic flora was determined in a convenience sample of contact lens wearers at the Puerto Rico Medical Center, ophthalmology clinics obtaining cultures from the conjunctival fornices. Gram positive bacterial prevalence was 100% in the control group, as well as in rigid gas permeable lens wearers. In the soft contact lens group, gram positive bacterial prevalence was 94.7%. On the other hand prevalence of Gram negative bacteria is null in the soft contact lens wearer population, being only 2.5% in control group, and 45.5% for Rigid Gas Permeable wearers. These contact lens wearers were using different disinfection systems.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Díaz Mendoza
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carro
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003261:Contact Lenses; D004203:Disinfection; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011647:Puerto Rico