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Conjunctival sac microbiome in anophthalmic patients: Flora diversity and the impact of ocular prosthesis materials
7 Mar 2023
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Purpose To explore the changes of bacterial flora in anophthalmic patients wearing ocular prosthesis (OP) and the microbiome diversity in conditions of different OP materials. Methods A cross-sectional clinical study was conducted, involving 19 OP patients and 23 healthy subjects. Samples were collected from the upper, lower palpebral, caruncle, and fornix conjunctiva. 16S rRNA sequencing was applied to identify...
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