Open AccessPrevalence of microbial contamination in donor corneas
Author(s) -
Nan-Ni Chen,
Pengguang Wu,
Hung-Chi Chen,
Tsung-Yu Huang,
Li-Ju Lai
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
taiwan journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.519
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2211-5072
pISSN - 2211-5056
DOI - 10.4103/tjo.tjo_60_18
Subject(s) - medicine , contamination , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ecology
Postoperative infection is the most disastrous complication of penetrating keratoplasty (PK). Corneoscleral rim culture provided information regarding subsequent infections. Our aims were to identify the incidence of microbial contamination in donor corneas and to report the recovery of bacteria with two culture methods, i.e., conventional culture media after aerobic/anaerobic cotton swabs and blood culture media (Fastidious Antibiotic Neutralization [FAN]).