The ocular surface flora perform an important role in the defense mechanisms of the ocular
surface system. Its regulation of the immunological activity and the barrier effect against …

Endophthalmitis is a severe eye infection that may result in permanent loss of useful vision
in the affected eye. Most cases are exogenous and occur as a complication of cataract …

Background and Aims Bacteremia is a common serious manifestation of disease in the
intensive care unit (ICU), which requires quick and accurate determinations of pathogens to …

Purpose: To characterize the ocular surface microbiome of healthy volunteers using a
combination of microbial culture and high-throughput DNA sequencing techniques …

Aim: The ocular surface is continually exposed to bacteria from the environment and
traditional culture-based microbiological studies have isolated a low diversity of …

The microbiome is important to the host as a whole, both in maintenance of health and in the
pathophysiology of disease. The purpose of this review is to explore the relationship …

The proof-of-concept, study to investigate the presence of microorganisms in presumed
infectious endophthalmitis using Next generation sequencing (NGS) was carried out in …

Progress in microbiome research has accelerated in recent years. Through the use of 16S
rRNA assays and other genomic sequencing techniques, researchers have provided new …

Although cantaloupes are extremely popular fruits, they are prone to easy decay and
present potential vehicles for foodborne disease transmission. This study examined the …

Known to occur in widespread outbreaks, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is a severe
ocular surface infection with a strong historical association with human adenovirus (HAdV) …