Hormone

Bacterial Flora of the Trachomatous Conjunctiva

“…Our results differ from those of the T.C.P.P. survey as well as from those of MacCallan (1931), Wilson (1955), Pages (1951, Poleff (1951), andLarmande andLongo (1960). Out of 379 cases, only twelve organisms belonging to the Haemophilus group were isolated (Table).…”

“…The superimposed infection not only prolongs the course of trachoma but predisposes the eye to frequent relapses. A number of reports (MacCallan, 1931;Wilson, 1935;Pages, 1951;Poleff, 1951;Feigenbaum, Gurevitch, Landau, and Shamir, 1955;Akagi, Tsutsui, Nanba, Shimizu, and Nishikiori, 1958;Larmande and Longo, 1960) on the bacterial flora of trachomatous eyes have appeared in the world literature, but the only study made in India was that of the Trachoma Control Pilot Project (T.C.P.P.) in repeated monthly surveys in 1957-58.…”