Concomitance of Bacteria in Various Areas of the Eye

Abstract

A study of the interrelationship of the bacteria recovered from both eyes of 410 patients awaiting surgery revealed that bacteria of a given type were from two to ten times more likely to be cultivated from one eye if they were present in the fellow eye. Organisms cultivated from lid-margin material were found in only one half of the corresponding conjunctival sacs, but organisms recovered from conjunctival sacs were nearly always found on the corresponding lid margins.<i>Staphylococcus</i>and<i>S albus</i>seemed to have a negative influence on each other.