conclusions due to the good tolerance of patients towards topical anesthesia, pouring a drop of povidone-iodine 10% seems to be a simple and acceptable method to reduce the growth of microorganisms of the conjunctiva. background postoperative endophthalmitis is one the most serious complications of cataract surgery. the majority of causative organisms in this destructive infection come from the...

THE use of corneal grafting has increased considerably in the last 15 years and it was therefore thought of interest to survey the frequency of infection and the bacterial strains found post mortem in the conjunctival sac and on the cornea in eyes suitable for use as donor eyes. We have also investigated the possibility of reducing the frequency of infection by pre-treatment with antibiotics. T...

purpose: to evaluate and compare the results of different surgical methods for post-trabeculectomy bleb revision at labbafinejad medical center, tehran-iran, from 1999 to 2003. methods: this study was conducted on all patients who underwent post-trabeculectomy bleb revision due to hypotony [intraocular pressure (iop) less than 6 mmhg] or bleb leakage. surgical methods were: conjunctival advance...

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate whether conjunctival flora is different in patients with chronic renal disease (CR) among its subgroups and healthy subjects.
 Methods: A total of 105 adult CR patients; 35 hemodialysis (HD), diabetic (DHD), transplantation (RT), 40 subjects were enrolled. After ophthalmologic examination, a swab was taken from the lower fornix right eye using cotto...

BACKGROUND Dry eye is a major ocular complication of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) and may predispose bacterial colonization to the conjunctiva. To investigate the conjunctival bacterial flora in patients receiving PBSCT, we encompassed patients who received PBSCT at least 1 year from 2002 to 2008 in this cross-sectional study. METHODS Patients were divided into three gro...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the normal flora of conjunctiva and lid margin, as well as its antibiotic sensitivity. DESIGN This was a prospective cross-sectional study. PATIENTS AND METHODS A prospective study was conducted on 120 patients who underwent cataract surgery at the Phramongkutklao Hospital from September 2014 to October 2014. Conjunctival and lid margin swabs were obta...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The World Health Organisation has recommended repeated mass treatment of children in trachoma endemic areas with oral azithromycin. While chlamydia, the causative agent of trachoma, remains universally sensitive to azithromycin, there is concern that large scale programmes may alter the bacterial flora and induce resistance in streptococcal species. In this study the effect of a...