Culture- and non-culture-based approaches reveal unique features of the ocular microbiome in dry eye patients

CONCLUSIONS: Our study indicates that the ocular microbiome has characteristic features in severe DED patients. Certain Corynebacterium species and Blautia are of particular interest for future studies.PMID:38354907 | DOI:10.1016/j.jtos.2024.02.002

Source: The Ocular Surface - February 14, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Maria Naqvi Fredrik Fineide Tor Paaske Utheim Colin Charnock Source Type: research