Polymorphonuclear leukocytes and bacterial growth of the normal and mildly inflamed conjunctiva.

Abstract:

:We examined 304 conjunctiva in 152 subjects by clinical, cytologic, and bacteriologic methods. Bacteriologic samples were evaluated after a 48-hour incubation. Bacterial growth was found in 8 (20.5%) of 39 patients with clinically normal conjunctiva and no polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), and in 8 (61.5%) of 13 subjects with clinically normal conjunctiva and evidence of PMNs. Bacterial growth also was observed in 4 (40.0%) of 10 patients with clinically mild conjunctivitis and no PMNs, in 10 (24.4%) of 41 patients with clinically mild conjunctivitis and a mixture of inflammatory cells or predominantly lymphocytes, and in 37 (75.5%) of 49 patients with clinically mild conjunctivitis and evidence of PMNs. The presence of PMNs was well correlated with the existence of rapid-growing bacteria.

journal_name

Ophthalmic Res

journal_title

Ophthalmic research

authors

Ugomori S,Hayasaka S,Setogawa T

doi

10.1159/000267086

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-01-01 00:00:00

pages

40-4

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1

eissn

0030-3747

issn

1423-0259

journal_volume

23

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