Table 4.
Species in the conjunctival swab or meibum samples of controls and Demodex blepharitis groups (Relative Abundance>1%).
| Samples | Species | Relative Abundance | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | DB | |||
| Conjunctiva swab | Cutibacterium acnes | 12.92 | 2.15 | <0.001 |
| Toxoplasma gondii | 4.60 | 2.61 | 0.582 | |
| Moraxella osloensis | 4.27 | 0.41 | 0.001 | |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 4.14 | 0.07 | <0.001 | |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 3.99 | 0.67 | <0.001 | |
| Sphingomonas sp. AAP5 | 3.00 | 0.05 | 0.043 | |
| Pseudomonas veronii | 2.97 | 0.23 | <0.001 | |
| Acinetobacter johnsonii | 2.71 | 5.84 | 0.004 | |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | 2.39 | 0.58 | 0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas azotoformans | 2.35 | 0.22 | <0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri | 2.27 | 0.37 | 0.185 | |
| Variovorax paradoxus | 1.65 | 0.20 | <0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas sp. TKP | 1.63 | 0.18 | <0.001 | |
| Delftia tsuruhatensis | 1.57 | 14.24 | <0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas putida | 1.37 | 5.54 | <0.001 | |
| Variovorax sp. PMC12 | 1.28 | 0.17 | <0.001 | |
| Sphingobium sp. YG1 | 1.18 | 11.75 | <0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas extremaustralis | 1.12 | 0.12 | <0.001 | |
| Sphingomonas melonis | 0.97 | 1.46 | <0.001 | |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0.54 | 1.49 | 0.076 | |
| Acinetobacter guillouiae | 0.45 | 5.40 | <0.001 | |
| Acinetobacter sp. MYb10 | 0.31 | 3.67 | <0.001 | |
| Chryseobacterium sp. JV274 | 0.19 | 1.30 | <0.001 | |
| Meibum | Cutibacterium acnes | 10.41 | 2.69 | 0.001 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 6.30 | 0.84 | <0.001 | |
| Moraxella osloensis | 5.10 | 0.20 | 0.001 | |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 4.84 | 0.05 | <0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas veronii | 3.60 | 0.43 | <0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | 2.98 | 0.67 | 0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas azotoformans | 2.77 | 0.36 | <0.001 | |
| Acinetobacter johnsonii | 2.33 | 5.34 | 0.001 | |
| Pseudomonas sp. TKP | 2.09 | 0.26 | <0.001 | |
| Variovorax paradoxus | 2.07 | 0.40 | <0.001 | |
| Variovorax sp. PMC12 | 1.57 | 0.25 | <0.001 | |
| Ochrobactrum anthropi | 1.47 | 0.02 | 0.876 | |
| Pseudomonas extremaustralis | 1.45 | 0.19 | <0.001 | |
| Delftia tsuruhatensis | 1.43 | 12.24 | <0.001 | |
| Brevundimonas naejangsanensis | 1.19 | 0.22 | <0.001 | |
| Sphingobium hydrophobicum | 1.17 | 0.67 | 0.160 | |
| Orrella dioscoreae | 1.15 | 0.02 | >0.999 | |
| Pseudomonas putida | 1.11 | 4.54 | <0.001 | |
| Brevundimonas diminuta | 1.10 | 0.42 | <0.001 | |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 1.08 | 0.60 | 0.005 | |
| Sphingobium sp. YG1 | 0.94 | 10.52 | <0.001 | |
| Acinetobacter guillouiae | 0.41 | 4.57 | <0.001 | |
| Acinetobacter sp. MYb10 | 0.36 | 3.34 | <0.001 | |
| Sphingomonas melonis | 0.19 | 1.21 | <0.001 | |
| Chryseobacterium sp. JV274 | 0.19 | 1.11 | <0.001 | |
p-values were compared using Mann–Whitney U test (p<0.05).