title: Microbial contamination of donor eyes.
abstract: A total number of 1,516 donor eyes received from various sources during the years 1973-1985 were subjected to the isolation of bacterial contamination. The bacterial cultures taken from the pretreatment eyeball showed culture growth in 366 (24.1%) eyes. Of the 366 positive cultures, 331 (21.8%) were bacterial and 35 (2.3%) were fungal. Amongst the bacterial the major contamination was by staphylococcus aureus and albus and pseudomonas aeruginosa. Gentamicin was found to be the most sensitive antibiotic against a wider group of organisms, the next being chloramphenicol. Thus, treatment of a cadaver eye with a solution of normal saline containing 0.1-0.5 mg/ml of gentamicin is recommended before and after the donor eye is enucleated.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Angra
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Venkateshwarlu
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002102:Cadaver; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009926:Organ Preservation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins