Comparison of Normal Bacterial Flora in the Conjuntival Sac of Normal and Anophthalmic Eyes.

Choi, Sangkyung; Shin, Dongeul

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(11):939-943.
Published online November 1, 1991.

Comparison of Normal Bacterial Flora in the Conjuntival Sac of Normal and Anophthalmic Eyes.

Sangkyung Choi, Dongeul Shin

Department of Ophthalmology. Korea Veterans Hospital, Korea.

정상안과 무안구안에서의 결막낭 정상세균총의 비교

최상경(Sang Kyung Choi),신동을(Dong Eul Shin)

Abstract

A bacterial study of the conjunctival sac of 115 patients with an anophthalmic eye has compared the kinds of normal flora in the conjunctival sac of normal and anophthalmic eyes and investigated the susceptibility of the isolated bacteria to various antibiotics. Detection rate of bacteria were 35.7% and 69.6% in normal and anophthalmic eyes, respectively. In normal eyes S. epidermidis(40.4%) were isolated more frequently than S. aureus(21.3%), but the detection rate for each bacteria in anophthalmic eyes showed no significant differences. The incidence rate in kinds of bacterial flora in both conjunctival sacs of a person who has one anophthalmic eye was 37.5%, lower than that of a person with normal eyes(71.4% to 96.5%). Bacteria isolated from normal and anophthalmic conjunctiva were similarly sensitive to amikacin, cefazolin, erythromycin, oxacillin. and tobramycin and were resistant to ampicillin and penicllin.

Key Words: Anophthalmos;Bacterial flora;Conjuntiva