agar and Blepharitis

Investigation of the relationship between blepharitis-related symptom scores, tear film functions, and conjunctival microbiota in patients with ocular rosacea (OR) compared with healthy controls was aimed.. Consecutive 33 eyes of 33 patients with OR who were admitted from the dermatology clinic and age-matched and gender-matched 30 healthy controls were included in the study. Tear breakup time (TBUT), Schirmer score, and blepharitis symptom score (BLISS) were recorded for each patient. For the bacteriological examination, bacterial culture was obtained by inoculating the samples on chocolate agar, blood agar, and fluid thioglycollate medium. The growth of different colonies of bacteria was identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption or ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.. Bacterial culture positivity was observed in 13 eyes (39.4%) in the patients with OR and 10 eyes (33.3%) in the controls ( P =0.618). Patients with OR showed worse TBUT and Schirmer scores, and higher BLISSs ( P =0.005, P =0.007, and P =0.001, respectively). Patients with OR with conjunctival culture-positive results showed higher BLISSs (8.0±4.7) compared with those with negative results (4.7±2.3; P <0.001). The most frequent bacteria was Micrococcus luteus (18.2%) in patients with OR and Staphylococcus epidermidis (20.0%) in the controls.. This pilot study showed that patients with OR had similar conjunctival culture positivity compared with healthy controls. However, the observation of different dominant bacterial species in conjunctival microbiota and the observation of worse BLISSs in patients with OR with positive culture might suggest a potential role of conjunctival microbiota in the pathogenesis of OR.

Topics: Agar; Blepharitis; Conjunctiva; Humans; Pilot Projects; Rosacea; Tears

This study aimed to determine whether ocular. This study included 70 patients who applied to an ophthalmology clinic with a complaints of presbyopia. Two eyelash specimens from the lower eyelids of both eyes were obtained from each individual. In eyelash specimens were examined for. In the 38.5% of the individuals, Demodex spp. mites were found in the eyelashes, out of which 11.4% were. Although Demodex spp. infestation has been shown to be related to diseases on ocular surface of eyes such as pterygium, xerophthalmia and chalazion, we did not observe that it induces changes in ocular surface flora in healthy adults.. Bu çalışmada amaç, sağlıklı orta yaş bireylerde oküler. Çalışmaya, göz hastalıkları kliniğine presbiyopi şikayeti ile başvuran, sistemik ve oküler yakınması olmayan 70 hasta dahil edildi. Çalışmaya alınan bireylerin her iki alt göz kapağından ikişer adet kirpik, steril eküvyonlu çubuk ile alt konjonktival forniksten kültür örneği alındı. Kirpik materyali. Çalışmaya alınan 70 hastanın kirpik incelemelerinde. Oküler yüzeyde pterjium, göz kuruluğu ve şalazyon gibi hastalıklarla ilişkisi önceki çalışmalarda gösterilen

Topics: Adult; Agar; Animals; Blepharitis; Eyelashes; Humans; Middle Aged; Mite Infestations; Mites

Eyelash epilation was performed to detect. We found that. Kronik blefarit tanısı almış 44 hastanın 44 gözünden ve 44 sağlıklı kontrolün 44 gözünden. Kırk dört sağlıklı kontrolün 3’ünde (%6,8) ve 44 blefaritli hastanın 24’ünde (%54,5)

Topics: Agar; Animals; Blepharitis; Culture Media; Sheep; Staphylococcus aureus