Mycoflora of the human conjunctival sac

Eighty healthy eyes, 114 healthy eyes receiving systemic medications and 736 diseased eyes constituted the material of this work. They were all subjected to mycological examination of their conjunctival sacs. Direct microscopic examination showed fungal elements in 35% in the first group. 47.3% in the second and 20% in the third. The cultures gave higher incidence than the smears in all the groups [35%, 63.1% and 37.2% respectively]