Microbiological study of the normal conjunctival flora and resistant cases of conjunctivitis

This study included 100 diabetic patients of these, 50 patients had normal conjunctiva and they were considered as control. Microbiological study was performed to find out their conjunctival flora. ln this work we almost did not find any signiflcant difference between the conjunctival flora of diabetic persons and that of non-diabetic cases.The other 50 patients were suffering from resistant conjunctivitis [receiving proper therapy for more than two weeks without sufficient response]. Conjunctival swabs from these patients were studied looking for the possible aeteological agents whether bacterial, fungal or viral. A correlation has been made between the microbiological findings and the clinical presentation of the patients