Bacteriological Study of Angular Blepharitis.
- Author:
Hong Bok KIM
1
;
Yong Jae HONG
;
Young Sae KWAK
;
Ouk CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine Yensei University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Blepharitis*;
Humans;
Ophthalmology;
Staphylococcus;
Staphylococcus epidermidis
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1981;22(2):329-332
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Most common annoyant for angular blepharitis has long been known as a diplobacillus of Morax-Axenfeld since 1897. Bacteriological study has been done on 56 patients (102 eyes) being suffered from angular blepharitis clinically diagnosed in the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine. Most angular blepharitis involved bilaterally (82%), 34 cases of angular blepharitis were seen in the nasal canthus (61%). Staphylococcus epidermidis was isolated from 50 eyes (49%) with angular blepharitis and staphylococcus au reus from 41 eyes (40%). No diplobacillus of Morax-Axenfeld was demonstrated in the culture from angular blepharitis.
