Ocular surface microbial flora in patients with chronic limbal stem cell deficiency undergoing cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation

CONCLUSION: Ocular surface in LSCD patients yielded pathogenic organisms on culture. Poor ocular surface with absent tear film could be the contributing factors. It is important to perform the conjunctival swab culture before COMET surgery.

Source: Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology - April 23, 2019 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Srilathaa Gunasekaran Rebika Dhiman Murugesan Vanathi Sujatha Mohanty Gita Satpathy Radhika Tandon Source Type: research