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. 2022 Mar 1;8(3):e09038. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09038

Table 3.

Sample collection and culture-selected microbial community.

Subject ID Age, sex Past-history of eye infection or symptoms Behavior Isolated species % found on CL
CL-1 38, Female Abscess

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Wearing in water

  • - No hand-washing before taking out - Clean the CL case with tap water

  • - Use CL case more than 3 months

 S. periodonticum
G. adiacens 		98.91
1.09
CL-2 18, Female Never

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Wearing in water

  • - Without soap

  • - Soaking CL with normal saline solution

  • - Reuse old CL solution

  • - Use CL case more than 3 months

 S. pasteuri
S. periodonticum
A. junii
S. epidermidis
B. albigilva 		87.24
9.03
3.67
0.04
0.01
CL-3 17, Female Never

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL and solution

  • - Wearing in water

  • - No hand-washing before taking out - Without soap

  • - Soaking CL with normal saline solution

  • - Reuse old CL solution

 E. mori
K. intermedia
A. agilis
C. plantarum
S. pasteuri 		39.10
35.49
24.83
0.53
0.04
CL-4 17, Female Never

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL and solution

  • - Wearing in water

  • - Without soap

  • - No rub and rinse CL

  • - Reuse old CL solution

 S. pasteuri
P. aeruginosa
P. stutzeri
A. agilis 		98.21
1.19
0.53
0.07
CL-5 46, Female Keratitis

  • - Wearing in water

  • - Clean the CL case with tap water

  • - No clean CL case

  • - Use CL case more than 3 months

 S. pasteuri
B. albigilva 		99.99
0.01
CL-6 37, Female Never

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Shower while wearing CL

  • - Soaking CL with normal saline solution

 A. agilis
H. aquaticum
B. albigilva
S. periodonticum
B. wiedmannii 		97.22
2.74
0.02
0.01
0.01
CL-7 33, Female Never

  • - Exceed the recommended period of solution

  • - Wearing in water

  • - Soaking CL with normal saline solution

 E. mori
B. albigilva 		99.99
0.01
CL-8 27, Female Conjunctivitis

  • - Exceed the recommended period of solution

  • - Shower while wearing CL

  • - Without soap

  • - Clean the CL case with tap water

 S. surfactantfaciens
P. geniculata 		99.90
0.10
CL-9 31, Female Never

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL and solution

  • - Wearing in water

  • - Without soap

  • - No rub and rinse CL before soaking

  • - Reuse old CL solution

  • - Clean the CL case with tap water

 S. pasteuri 100.00
CL-10 49, Female Never

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Wearing in water

  • - Clean the CL case with tap water

 P. geniculata
A. agilis
S. maltophilia
E. mori
S. pasteuri 		72.89
24.63
2.45
0.02
0.01
CL-11 48, Female Conjunctivitis

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Wearing in water

 E. mori
K. oryziphila
A. soli
K. intermedia
S. surfactantfaciens 		75.03
16.09
8.79
0.06
0.03
CL-12 33, Female Keratitis

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Wearing in water

  • - No hand washing before putting on and taking out - Reuse old CL solution

  • - Clean the CL case with tap water

 E. mori
A. soli
S. pasteuri
R. kristinae 		89.93
8.71
1.24
0.13
CL-13 33, Female Abscess

  • - Wearing in water

  • - No rub and rinse CL before putting on - Soaking CL with tap water

  • - Reuse old CL solution

  • - Clean the CL case with tap water

 E. mori
A. lactucae
S. pasteuri
A. calcoaceticus 		54.07
32.62
8.84
4.47
CL-14 58, Female Never

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Wearing in water

  • - No rub and rinse CL

  • - Clean the CL case with tap water

  • - Use CL case more than 3 months

 S. pasteuri
P. aeruginosa 		50.20
49.80
CL-15 27, Female Never

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Wearing in water

  • - No hand-washing before taking out - Reuse old CL solution

 A. agilis
E. mori
B. albigilva 		99.97
0.02
0.01
CL-16 47, Female Never

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Wearing in water

  • - No hand-washing before taking out - No rub and rinse CL before soaking

  • - Soaking CL with normal saline solution

 B. wiedmannii
D. tsuruhatensis
S. pasteuri 		67.53
28.76
3.71
CL-17 26, Female Never

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL

  • - Shower while wearing CL

  • - No hand-washing before taking out - No rub and rinse CL

 A. agilis
B. albigilva
S. pasteuri
E. mori 		99.95
0.03
0.01
0.01
CL-18 50, Female Never

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL and solution

  • - Wearing in water

  • - Clean the CL case with tap water

 S. pasteuri
P. paludis
R. planticola
E. mori 		73.95
26.03
0.01
0.01
CL-19 39, Female Never

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

  • - Exceed the recommended period of CL and solution

  • - Wearing in water

  • - No hand-washing before taking out - Soaking CL with normal saline solution

 E. mori
R. ornithinolytica
R. planticola
A. agilis
K. oryziphila
K. intermedia
S. pasteuri 		92.00
3.47
2.05
1.46
0.89
0.10
0.02
CL-20 31, Female Keratitis

  • - Sleeping or napping in CLs

 E. mori
B. albigilva 		99.97
0.03