Common Bacterial Isolates From Infected Eyes

The common bacterial isolates and their antibiotics susceptibility were studied in 298 bacterial eye infected cases, consisting of 35 blepharitis, 208 conjunctivitis and 55 keratitis. The results yielded 333 bacterial isolates with the implicated bacteria in decreasing order of frequency as Staphylococcus aureus 80(23.70%), Staphylococcus albus 65(19.20%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 34(10.10%), Streptococcus pneumoniae 29(8.60%), Haemophilus influenzae 26(7.70%), Streptococcus pyogene 20(6.20%), Klebsiella pneumoniae 18(6.20%), Escherichia coli 15(4.40%), Neisseria gonorrhoeae 13(3.90%), Streptococcus viridans11(3.50%), Moraxella catarrhalis 10(3.0%), Streptococcus faecalis 5(1.50%), Proteus mirabilis 5(1.50%) and Neisseria meningitides 1(0.30%). Bacteria were isolated most on the eye infections of the conjunctiva 222(66.70%), then the cornea 65(20.10%), and least on the eyelids 44(13.20%). Bacterial isolates varied in the clinical features;