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Über das Vorkommen der Mycoplasmen auf der menschlichen Bindehaut

Occurrence of mycoplasmas on the human conjunctiva

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Summary

Mycoplasmas could not be isolated from the conjunctiva of 304 healthy and diseased human eyes. Whereas 7,9% of the same 152 Patients carried these organisms in their pharynx.

The antimycoplasmic properties of the tears are held responsible for the absence of Mycoplasma from normal conjunctival flora.

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Bei 304 gesunden und kranken Augen gelang es in keinem Fall, Mycoplasmen aus der Bindehaut zu isolieren. Dagegen fanden wir Mycoplasmen in 7,9% der gleichzeitig untersuchten Rachen der 152 Patienten.

Das Fehlen von Mycoplasmen auf der Conjunctiva der untersuchten Personen wird vor allem auf antimycoplasmatische Eigenschaften der Tränenflüssigkeit zurückgeführt.

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  1. II. Augenklinik der Universität Wien, Alserstraße 4, A-1090, Wien, (Österreich)

    G. Zehetbauer

  2. Hygieneinstitut der Universität Wien, Kinderspitalgasse 15, A-1090, Wien, (Österreich)

    K. S. Sachdev

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Vorgetragen in der Sitzung der Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft in Wien am 11. März 1968.

Unter technischer Mitarbeit von Frl.I. Seichter.

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Zehetbauer, G., Sachdev, K.S. Über das Vorkommen der Mycoplasmen auf der menschlichen Bindehaut. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 175, 136–142 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02385059

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