title: [What kinds of species are in the conjunctiva?].
abstract: With suitable culture methods less than 5% of conjunctival fluid specimens remain negative. From approximately 95% of the swab cultures at least 65 bacterial species - although in low numbers - were recovered. Among the predominant organisms were gram-positive species like several coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp., Propionibacterium spp., Corynebacterium spp. and members of the genera Peptostreptococcus, Streptococcus and Actinomyces. Among the frequently isolated gram-negative species were members of the genera Neisseria and Haemophilus as well as Enterobacteriaceae like Proteus spp.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Hygiene-Institut der Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schumacher
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Wie artenreich ist die Konjunktivalflora?