Table 1 Recovery of bacteria from the anterior chamber preoperatively and postoperatively
From: Anterior chamber bacterial contamination in cataract surgery
Type of culture | No. | Positive cultures | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Preoperative | 32 | 3 | 9.37 |
S. epidermidis | 1 | ||
Diphtheroids (corynebacterium) | 1 | ||
S. hominis | 1 | ||
Postoperative | 32 | 10 | 31.25 |
S. epidermidis | 6 | ||
S. aureus | 3 | ||
S. hominis | 1 |