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DOCN M94A0199
TI Anaerobic flora of the conjunctival sac in patients with AIDS and with
anophthalmia compared with normal eyes.
DT 9412
AU Campos MS; Campos e Silva L de Q; Rehder JR; Lee MB; O'Brien T;
McDonnell PJ; Department of Ophthalmology, Paulista School of Medicine,
Sao; Paulo, Brazil.
SO Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh). 1994 Apr;72(2):241-5. Unique Identifier :
AIDSLINE MED/94360750
AB Relatively few investigations of anaerobic bacteria as ocular flora have
been conducted, and their results have been contradictory. The
conjunctival sacs of 22 normal subjects and of 14 patients with acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome, and 22 anophthalmic sockets were cultured for
anaerobic bacteria Thirty-four (77.3%) of the 44 eyes of normal subjects
harbored anaerobic bacteria; Propionibacterium acnes was present in 28
eyes (63.6%), Lactobacillus species in 6 eyes (13.6%), and Veillonella
species in 7 eyes (15.9%). The finding were very similar for
anophthalmic sockets (p = 0.01), with 17 (77.3%) of the 22 sockets
harboring anaerobes; Propionibacterium acnes was the organism identified
in 16 (72.7%) of these sockets; Veillonella was identified in 4 (18.1%),
Peptococcus niger in 3 (13.6%) and P. granulosum in 2 (9.0%) of these
sockets. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients had the highest
incidence of anaerobic organisms, with positive cultures obtained from
24 (85.7%) of the 28 eyes. Propionibacterium species were isolated from
16 (57.1%) of these eyes. Clostridium species from 10 (35.7%) eyes and
Actinomyces species from 8 (28.6%) eyes. It thus appears that anaerobic
organisms are common flora in normal conjunctival sacs and in
anophthalmic sockets, as well as in the sacs of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome patients, but the latter group had a higher
incidence (x2 = 0.87) and a spectrum of organisms that was different
from that of the other two groups.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*MICROBIOLOGY Adult
Aged Aged, 80 and over Anophthalmos/COMPLICATIONS/*MICROBIOLOGY
Bacteria, Anaerobic/*ISOLATION & PURIF Conjunctiva/*MICROBIOLOGY Human
Middle Age Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).