Microorganisms found in secondary cataract material of ECCE patients, a study with SEM and TEM.
Globular secondary cataract material, removed from 24 patients with ECCE after ophthalmic cleaning of the anterior capsule, were investigated with SEM and TEM. Besides spherical, somewhat oval shaped bodies of various shape and size comparable with those found in cataractous lenses, (an)aerobic bacteria and yeast cells were found in approximately 70% of the cases, all of them in eyes without intra-ocular inflammation. Probably these bacteria have been transferred from the conjunctiva during IOL.-implantation and were encapsulated without starting an inflammation.
University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002386:Cataract / Q000382:microbiology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014462:Ultrafiltration; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification*