Introduction

Normal flora of the Eye: (Key: DIPS CON)

  1. Diptheroids
  2. Propionibacterium acnes
  3. S Albus or epidermidis
  4. Corynebacterium xerosis
  5. Neisseria catarrhalis

 

Bacteria that invade intact corneal epithelium: (Key: FIND)

  1. Filamentous fungi
  2. Influenza
  3. Neisseria gonorrhoeae & meningitides
  4. C.diphtheriae