title: Conjunctival microbial flora in leprosy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Opthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Mahajan
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification