Microbiological spectrum and probability of transmission of infection from ocular tissues of enucleated eyes harvested from septicemic donors

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World J Transplant. Jun 18, 2026; 16(2): 118357
Published online Jun 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.118357

Table 2 Microbiological spectrum in ocular tissues of study groups

Isolated species	Conjunctival swab		Corneal		Scleral		Aqueous		Vitreous		Blood
Isolated species	Group I (n = 42)	Group II (n = 222)	Group I (n = 42)	Group II (n = 222)	Group I (n = 42)	Group II (n = 222)	Group I (n = 42)	Group II (n = 222)	Group I (n = 42)	Group II (n = 222)	Group I (n = 42)	Group II (n = 222)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-
Streptococcus viridans	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Streptococcus pneumoniae	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Staphylococcus aureus	3	8	-	6	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus	6	19	1	13	2	17	-	5	-	3	2	-
Enterobacter species	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
Haemophilus influenza	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-
Propionibacterium acnes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Candida albicans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Escherichia coli	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Mixed¹	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-

¹Mixed isolates consist of: Group I: (1) Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus and Streptococcus viridans; group II: From 3 different eyes of three donors; Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus viridans; (2) Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus and Streptococcus viridans, and (3) Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus and Enterobacter species.

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Citation: Dubey A, Priyanka, Soni D, Chaurasia D, Periasamy B, Jain NC, Sarkar D, Singh M, Khullar S, Kumar K, Chaturvedi P, Sharma B. Microbiological spectrum and probability of transmission of infection from ocular tissues of enucleated eyes harvested from septicemic donors. World J Transplant 2026; 16(2): 118357
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.118357

Dubey A, Priyanka, Soni D, Chaurasia D, Periasamy B, Jain NC, Sarkar D, Singh M, Khullar S, Kumar K, Chaturvedi P, Sharma B. Microbiological spectrum and probability of transmission of infection from ocular tissues of enucleated eyes harvested from septicemic donors. World J Transplant 2026; 16(2): 118357 [PMID: 42281855 DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.118357]

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