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. 2016 Jul 15;30(11):1439–1446. doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.143

Table 1. Composition of the bacterial species isolated from conjunctival sac.

Bacteria Number of strains Proportion (%)
Corynebacterium species 462 44.8
Methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative Staphylococci 230 22.3
Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci 136 13.2
Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus 44 4.3
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 6 0.6
Enterococcus faecalis 36 3.5
Alpha-hemolytic streptococci 31 3.0
Other gram-positive cocci 28 2.7
Gram-negative bacilli 55 5.3
Gram-negative cocci 4 0.4
Total 1032 100