Open AccessSpeciation of Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus causing Bacterial Keratitis
Author(s) -
M. Palanisamy,
Matcha Bhaskar,
R. Revathy,
Rajesh K John,
Kalparendran,
Venkatapathy Narendran
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.15288
Subject(s) - coagulase , medicine , staphylococcus , keratitis , genetic algorithm , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , dermatology , biology , genetics , bacteria
Thirty-five coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) cultured from corneal ulcer were speciated and antibiotic sensitivity tested. S epidermidis was the commonest isolate and it was sensitive to ampicillin and vancomycin.