Comparative study of bacterial and fungal floras of contracted sockets and fellow eyes.

Through studying 50 contracted sockets, our observations showed that generalized and gross contractions were the most common. The main cause of loss of eyes was trauma. No correlation was observed between the cause of eye loss, type of surgery done, duration of eye loss, and the type of the socket. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common bacterial pathogen followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pathogens were encountered more commonly in the sockets wearing artificial eyes, a majority of which carried the same organisms. Staphylococcus epidermidis was seen most frequently in the fellow eyes. Fungal flora of the contracted sockets did not differ from that of the fellow eyes.