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 3 Microbiological analysis of ocular tissues harvested from blood culture positive septicemic group and blood culture negative non-septicemic donors

Group	Conjunctival swab			Corneal tissue			Scleral tissue			Aqueous tap			Vitreous tap
Group	+	-	P value	+	-	P value	+	-	P value	+	-	P value	+	-	P value
Septicemic (n = 16)	3	13	0.564	2	14	0.477	1	15	0.450	2	14	0.080	1	15	0.256
Non-septicemic (n = 210)	37	173	0.564	20	190	0.477	24	186	0.450	5	205	0.080	3	207	0.256
Odds ratio	1.079			1.355			0.518			5.768			4.543
95% confidence interval	0.188-4.207			0.140-6.603			0.012-3.672			0.506-39.39			0.082-60.7

+: Positive culture, -: Negative culture.

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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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