Table 1.

Bacterial isolates from normal eyes

Isolate	Gram positive/ Gram negative	Total number of isolates	Percent of total isolates
Staphylococcus sciuria	Positive	16	37.2%
Staphylococcus xylosusa	Positive	9	21.0%
Staphylococcus spp.*b	Positive	4	9.3%
Staphylococcus simulansa	Positive	1	2.3%
Brevibacterium diminuta	Positive	1	2.3%
Moraxella lacunata	Negative	5	11.6%
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Negative	1	2.3%
Sphingomonas paucimobilis	Negative	2	4.7%
Burkholderia cepacia	Negative	2	4.7%
Comamonas acidovorans	Negative	1	2.3%
Chryseobacterium meningosepticum	Negative	1	2.3%
Total		43	100%

(*not subjected to further strain identification)

^aMSCNS– methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative Staphylococcus)

^bMSS – methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus