Research Article

Evaluation of the HB&L System for the Microbiological Screening of Storage Medium for Organ-Cultured Corneas

Table 3

Microorganisms isolated in different media.

MicroorganismsSDTT

Staphylococcus haemolyticus 39*21
Staphylococcus epidermidis 8
Staphylococcus aureus 7**
Staphylococcus cohnii 2
Enterococcus faecium 12***
Enterococcus faecalis 7
Enterococcus gallinarum 3
Streptococcus mitis 3
Kocuria kristinae 4
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 51
Acinetobacter baumannii 41
Escherichia coli 4
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 4
Proteus mirabilis 2
Brevundimonas diminuta 2
Achromobacter xylosoxidans 1
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron 2
Candida albicans 14****82
Candida glabrata 322
Candida parapsilosis 2
Candida krusei 1
Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1
Trichosporon asahii 1
Fusarium spp.3
Aspergillus fumigatus 1
Total134155

1 + C. albicans and C. glabrata; **1 + C. albicans; ***1 + C. albicans; ****1 + S. haemolyticus, E. faecium, and S. aureus.