Preoperative bacterial culture studies have been done in the past on eyes of patients un­ dergoing cataract surgery." The purpose of these studies in part was to determine the bacterial flora of the eyelids and conjunctiva and also to determine whether any specific organisms were responsible for postopera­ tive infections. Dunnington and Khorazo show a correlation between the preoperative bacte...

OBJECTIVES The aim was to identify conjunctival bacterial and fungal flora in clinically normal sheep. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Tuscany. PARTICIPANTS 100 eyes from 50 adult Massese female sheep were examined. The sheep included in the study were considered free of anterior ophthalmic abnormalities. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Bacteria were identified by morphological...

In this review, the factors thought to be important in deter mining the composition of the gut bacterial flora are discussed. In the light ofthese, the effects of various dietary manipulations on the composition and metabolic activity of the gut flora are described. In general, the main effects of diet would be ex pected to be manifested in the right colon, whereas the material available for in...

Aims In recent years, the role of gut flora in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn ́s Disease (CD) has become focus of intense research. The working hypothesis is that an altered microbiota causes mucosal inflammation in a genetically susceptible individual. Understanding the microbiota ́s role in the pathogenesis of the disease is essential for new IBD ...

The conditions of helium saturation diving promote the proliferation of Gram-negative bacterial species in the external auditory meatus of divers. These changes in flora occurred in the absence of operational diving, that is, no contact with water. The colonising bacteria were autogenous in origin and cross-colonisation was observed between divers. On return to normal atmospheric conditions the...

Twenty-five patients with uterine cervical cancer (Two cases stage O; four cases stage Ia; five cases stage Ib; one case stage IIa; ten cases stage IIb; two cases stage IIIa; one case stage IVa) served as the subjects. The bacterial flora inside the cervical cancers was investigated using the optimal technique. There was mixed abnormal aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora in all subjects. The ...